Gender, class and generational contexts for consumption in contemporary Chile

Journal of Consumer Culture

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 51-78

  Stillerman, Joel ^a  

^a GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Credit; Family; Household budgets; Latin America; Shopping; Survival strategies; Working class

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750220548     PISSN: 14695405     EISSN: 17412900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1469540504040904     Document Type: Article

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