The cultural capital of consumption: Understanding 'postmodern' identities in a cultural context

Culture and Psychology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 139-158

  Miles, Steven ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Consumption; Culture; Identity; Postmodernism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030163382     PISSN: 1354067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354067X9600200201     Document Type: Article

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