Meet the good child. ‘Childing’ practices in family food co-shopping

International Journal of Consumer Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 511-518

  Gram, Malene ^a   Grønhøj, Alice ^b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Children; Denmark; family negotiation; family practices; food shopping; practice theory; retail

Indexed keywords

EID: 84978081305     PISSN: 14706423     EISSN: 14706431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijcs.12295     Document Type: Article

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