'Cos girls aren't supposed to eat like pigs are they?' Young women negotiating gendered discursive constructions of food and eating

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 46-56

  Woolhouse, Maxine ^a   Day, Katy ^a   Rickett, Bridgette ^a   Milnes, Kate ^a  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eating; Feminist; Focus groups; Neoliberalism; Poststructuralist discourse analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FEMININITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; CHILD; ENGLAND; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FEMININITY; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; SELF CONCEPT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856879505     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105311406151     Document Type: Article

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