The cosmopolitanism of commerce and the allure of difference: Selfridges, the Russian Ballet and the tango 1911-1914

International Journal of Cultural Studies

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 163-196

  Nava, Mica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Commerce; Consumption; Cosmopolitanism; Orientalism; Popular modernity; Race; Russian Ballet; Selfridges; Tango; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000233554     PISSN: 13678779     EISSN: 1460356X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/13678779980010020201     Document Type: Article

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