The commercial construction of 'new nations'

Journal of Material Culture

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 263-282

  Foster, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Advertising; Mass consumption; Material culture; National culture; Papua New Guinea

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL IDENTITY; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; MATERIAL CULTURE;

EID: 0033407437     PISSN: 13591835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/135918359900400302     Document Type: Article

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