Disentangling Effacement, Omnivore, and Distinction Effects on the Consumption of Cultural Activities: An Illustration

Marketing Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 345-357

  Holbrook, Morris B ^a,b   Weiss, Michael J ^b   Habich, John ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b Minneapolis Star Tribune ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary effacement; Class differences; Cultural preferences; Distinction; Omnivores; Status markers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346438835     PISSN: 09230645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020322600709     Document Type: Article

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