'It's not forever': The material culture of hope

Journal of Material Culture

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 245-262

  Parrott, Fiona R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Britain; Clothing; Decoration; Home; Material culture genres; Psychiatric institution

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL IDENTITY; MATERIAL CULTURE;

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

EID: 27444437551     PISSN: 13591835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359183505057151     Document Type: Article

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