Notes on Snack Culture in South India
Chera, Madeline. 2015. “Between Meals and Meanings: Notes on Snack Culture in South India.” Paper presented in "Place, Consumption, and Health," at the Association for the Study of Food and Society and Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society joint annual meetings and conference, Chatham University, Pittsburgh, PA, June 2015.
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