You are how you eat? Femininity, normalization, and veganism as an ethical practice of freedom

Societies

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 127-147

  Dean, Megan A ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Eating disorders; Ethics; Femininity; Feminism; Foucault (Michel); Normalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 85047620977     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20754698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/soc4020127     Document Type: Article

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