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July 12, 2010International Journal of Consumer Studies

Home economics as an integrated, holistic system: revisiting Bubolz and Sontag's 1988 human ecology approach

Sue L. T. McGregor

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This article explores how Bubolz and Sontag's seminal work on integration in home economics and human ecology can inform contemporary home economics practice. They argue that the human ecology perspective can be used to view the whole of home economics, and the subprofessions (specializations) within the whole, as diverse yet unified. This article employs a spider plant as a metaphor to illustrate the value of embracing the notion of home economics as an integrated, holistic system.

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synapsesocial.com/papers/6a209915e307124fcfcd2b1e https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1470-6431.2010.00920.x

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