Postman Pat and me: Everyday encounters with an icon of idyllic rurality

Journal of Rural Studies

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 399-408

  Horton, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cultural consumption; Everydayness; Popular culture; Postman Pat; Rural idyll

Indexed keywords

ICONOGRAPHY; IDEOLOGY; RURAL SOCIETY; SYMBOLISM;

EID: 50949087113     PISSN: 07430167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2008.03.013     Document Type: Article

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