Inconspicuous consumption: Non-display goods and identity formation

Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 412-438

  Smith, Monica L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Consumption; Identity; Material culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 35648948905     PISSN: 10725369     EISSN: 15737764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10816-007-9040-6     Document Type: Article

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