Heirlooms, nikes and bribes: Towards a sociology of things

Sociology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 59-75

  Komter, Aafke E ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Commodities; Consumption; Exchange; Gifts; Material culture; Things

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035256231     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0038038501000049     Document Type: Article

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