Speaking of fashion: Consumers' uses of fashion discourses and the appropriation of countervailing cultural meanings

Journal of Consumer Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 15-42

  Thompson, Craig J ^a   Haytko, Diana L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 0031505424     PISSN: 00935301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/209491     Document Type: Article

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