Alienation incorporated: 'F*** the mainstream music' in the mainstream

Current Sociology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Halnon, Karen Bettez ^a  

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Author keywords

Alienation; Authenticity; Commodification of dissent; Consumer society; Spectacle

Indexed keywords

EID: 30444458069     PISSN: 00113921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011392105051335     Document Type: Review

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