Commodifying children: Fashion, space, and the production of the profitable child

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 7-24

  Crewe, Louise ^a   Collins, Phillip ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Universal Music International   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; COMMODITY MARKET; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; MARKET DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 33144479301     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a35252     Document Type: Article

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