Locating anxiety in the social: The cultural mediation of food fears

European Journal of Cultural Studies

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 24-42

  Jackson, Peter ^a   Watson, Matthew ^a   Piper, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Class; consumer anxiety; food; gender; Jamie Oliver; social practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872741099     PISSN: 13675494     EISSN: 14603551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367549412457480     Document Type: Article

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