Women as gatekeepers of food consumption: A sociological critique

Food and Foodways

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1989, Pages 317-332

  McIntosh, Wm Alex ^a   Zey, Mary ^b  

^a Departments of Sociology and Rural Sociology ^*

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84972952194     PISSN: 07409710     EISSN: 15423484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07409710.1989.9961959     Document Type: Article

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