Mediating production and consumption: Cultural capital and 'cultural workers'

British Journal of Sociology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 105-121

  Wright, David ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bookshops; Cultural capital; Cultural intermediaries; Literary field; Retail work

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; PUBLISHING; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED KINGDOM;

BOOKSELLING; COMMERCE; CULTURE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 16644382498     PISSN: 00071315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4446.2005.00049.x     Document Type: Article

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