Materially Constituting a Sustainable Food Transition: The Case of Vegan Eating Practice

Sociology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 166-181

  Twine, Richard ^a  

^a EDGE HILL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

food; materiality; practice; sustainable transition; veganism

Indexed keywords

EID: 85040989939     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: 14698684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038038517726647     Document Type: Article

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