Social status and cultural consumption: The case of reading in Chile

Poetics

Volumn 35, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 70-92

  Torche, Florencia ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34447632652     PISSN: 0304422X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.poetic.2007.03.004     Document Type: Article

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