Offerings: Food traditions of older thai women at songkran

Journal of Occupational Science

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 115-124

  Clair, Valerie Wright St ^a   Bunrayong, Wannipa ^b   Vittayakorn, Soisuda ^b   Rattakorn, Phuanjai ^b   Hocking, Clare ^a  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Food occupations; Meaning; Social change; Songkran; Thai culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009593169     PISSN: 14427591     EISSN: 21581576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14427591.2004.9686539     Document Type: Article

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