The bargain, the knowledge, and the spectacle: Making sense of consumption in the space of the car-boot sale

Environment and Planning D: Society and Space

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 87-112

  Gregson, Nicky ^a   Crewe, Louise ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOOT SALE; CONSUMPTION PATTERN; PERCEPTION; THEORETICAL APPROACH;

EID: 0030858840     PISSN: 02637758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/d150087     Document Type: Article

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