Veggies and visceralities: A political ecology of food and feeling

Emotion, Space and Society

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 81-90

  Hayes Conroy, Jessica ^a   Hayes Conroy, Allison ^b  

^a Bart and William Smith Colleges ^*  (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative food; Bodies; Education; Emotion; Health; Political ecology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874489491     PISSN: 17554586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emospa.2011.11.003     Document Type: Article

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