Bike messengers and the really real: Effervescence, reflexivity, and postmodern identity

Symbolic Interaction

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 349-371

  Kidder, Jeffrey L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 33750589173     PISSN: 01956086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/si.2006.29.3.349     Document Type: Article

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