Mothers on Display: Lunchboxes, Social Class and Moral Accountability

Sociology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 764-781

  Harman, Vicki ^a   Cappellini, Benedetta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

display; family; food; gender; lunchboxes; moral accountability; mothering; social class

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938257260     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: 14698684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038038514559322     Document Type: Article

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