Doing justice to bodies? Reflections on food justice, race, and biology

Antipode

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1153-1171

  Guthman, Julie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epigenetics; Food justice; Obesity; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907956235     PISSN: 00664812     EISSN: 14678330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8330.2012.01017.x     Document Type: Article

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