The emergence of trendsetters for fashions and fads: Kogaru in 1990s Japan

Sociological Quarterly

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  Suzuki, Tadashi ^a   Best, Joel ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

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EID: 0038578197     PISSN: 00380253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/tsq.2003.44.1.61     Document Type: Review

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