Muscles, motorcycles and tattoos: Gentrification in a new frontier

Journal of Consumer Culture

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 33-56

  Halnon, Karen Bettez ^a,b   Cohen, Saundra ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b 235 Woodland Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Aesthetics; Cultural capital; Gentrification; Poor Chic; Popular culture; Stratification

Indexed keywords

EID: 43249161084     PISSN: 14695405     EISSN: 17412900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1469540506062721     Document Type: Article

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