Our favourite melodies: Musical consumption and teenage lifestyles

British Journal of Sociology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 117-144

  Tanner, Julian ^a   Asbridge, Mark ^b   Wortley, Scot ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cultural stratification; Leisure; Music; School; Subcultures; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 40549142450     PISSN: 00071315     EISSN: 14684446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4446.2007.00185.x     Document Type: Article

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