Gendered identity negotiations through food consumption

Young Consumers

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 280-288

  Turner, Katie ^a   Ferguson, Shelagh ^a   Craig, Julia ^a   Jeffries, Alice ^a   Beaton, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Food consumption; Food products; Gender; Gendered identity; Interpretive; Theory in practice; Videography

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993054094     PISSN: 17473616     EISSN: 17587212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/YC-02-2013-00342     Document Type: Article

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