Becoming a 'woman to the backbone': Lingerie consumption and the experience of feminine identity

Journal of Consumer Culture

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 177-202

  Jantzen, Christian ^a   Østergaard, Per ^b   Sucena Vieira, Carla M ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Femininity; Technologies of the self; Underwear

Indexed keywords

EID: 43249161459     PISSN: 14695405     EISSN: 17412900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1469540506064743     Document Type: Article

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