Changing Food Habits in a South Indian Hindu Brahmin Community: A Case of Transitioning Gender Roles and Family Dynamics

Ecology of Food and Nutrition

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 596-617

  Mahadevan, Meena ^a   Blair, Dorothy ^b   Raines, Emily Rose ^a  

^a MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brahmin; family; gender; Hindu; South Indian

Indexed keywords

FAMILY STRUCTURE; FOOD CONSUMPTION; GENDER ROLE; NUTRITION; PERCEPTION; WOMENS STATUS;

INDIA;

ADULT; COOKING; DIET; FAMILY; FAST FOOD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MEAL; MIGRATION; TIME MANAGEMENT; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

ADULT; AMERICAS; COOKING; DIET; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FAMILY; FAST FOODS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FOOD PREFERENCES; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MEALS; TIME MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84920075800     PISSN: 03670244     EISSN: 15435237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03670244.2014.891993     Document Type: Article

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