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Gender, Class and Food Families, Bodies and Health

Gender, Class and Food Families, Bodies and Health

Description

Everyday foodways are a powerful means of drawing boundaries between social groups and defining who we are and where we belong. This book draws upon auto/biographical food narratives and emphasises the power of everyday foodways in maintaining and reinforcing social divisions along the lines of gender and class.

Keywords

Social ScienceGender StudiesSociologyMarriage & FamilySocial Classes & Economic DisparityDisease & Health IssuesWomen's StudiesPolitical Science

2015Book

Author(s)Julie M. Parsons

PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK

ISBN9781137476401

LanguageEnglish

SpringerLink Book

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