Children’s Subjectivities and Commercial Meaning: The Delicate Battle Mothers Wage When Feeding Their Children

Studies in Childhood and Youth

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 112-129

  Cook, Daniel Thomas ^a  

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Author keywords

Commercial World; Consumer Culture; Everyday Life; Intensive Mothering; Store Brand

Indexed keywords

EID: 85145068772     PISSN: 27316467     EISSN: 27316475     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230244979_7     Document Type: Chapter

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