Commensality, society and culture

Social Science Information

Volumn 50, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 528-548

  Fischler, Claude ^a  

^a ÉCOLE DES HAUTES ÉTUDES EN SCIENCES SOCIALES   (France)

Author keywords

altruism; commensality; cooperation; cross cultural comparison; food patterns; food sharing; meal patterns; meals; nutrition; obesity; reciprocity; sociability; social relationships; socialization

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052251138     PISSN: 05390184     EISSN: 14617412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0539018411413963     Document Type: Article

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