Ritualized transmission of social norms through wedding photography

Communication Theory

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 31-46

  Strano, Michele M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARRIAGE; PHOTOGRAPH; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 33644803754     PISSN: 10503293     EISSN: 14682885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2885.2006.00004.x     Document Type: Article

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