Consuming national themed environments abroad: Australian working holidaymakers and symbolic national identity in ‘Aussie’ theme pubs

Tourist Studies

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 139-155

  West, Brad ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

national identity; post modern space; theme bars; working holiday

Indexed keywords

EID: 37849186689     PISSN: 14687976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468797606071474     Document Type: Article

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