"I decided to invest in my kids' memories": Family vacations, memories, and the social construction of the family

Tourism, Culture and Communication

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 13-26

  Shaw, Susan M ^a   Havitz, Mark E ^a   Delemere, Fern M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Families; Family vacations; Memories; Social construction

Indexed keywords

EID: 57049131972     PISSN: 1098304X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/109830408783900361     Document Type: Article

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