'Looking alright, feeling alright': Emotions, sizing and the geographies of women's experiences of clothing consumption

Social and Cultural Geography

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 583-596

  Colls, Rachel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clothing; Consumption; Emotion; Practices

Indexed keywords

CLOTHING INDUSTRY; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; GENDER ROLE; SHOPPING ACTIVITY; WOMENS STATUS;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 11944251231     PISSN: 14649365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1464936042000317712     Document Type: Article

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