Manifesto for a study of denim

Social Anthropology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 335-351

  Miller, Daniel ^a   Woodward, Sophie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthropology; Anxiety; Clothing; Denim; Global; Jeans

Indexed keywords

EID: 41549165705     PISSN: 09640282     EISSN: 14698676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0964-0282.2007.00024.x     Document Type: Article

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