Spirits and souls of business: New Russians, magic and the esthetics of kitsch

Journal of Material Culture

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 329-343

  Lindquist, Galina ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Iconic and indexical signification; Market; Morality; Neo shamanism

Indexed keywords

ESTHETICS;

EID: 0036446672     PISSN: 13591835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/135918350200700304     Document Type: Article

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