How blacks use consumption to shape their collective identity: Evidence from marketing specialists

Journal of Consumer Culture

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 31-45

  Lamont, Michèle ^a   Molnár, Virág ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Advertising; African Americans; Consumption; Cultural boundaries and distinction; Race; Social identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002162779     PISSN: 14695405     EISSN: 17412900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/146954050100100103     Document Type: Article

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