'There is one in every home': Finding the place of television in new homes among a low-income population in Santiago, Chile

International Journal of Cultural Studies

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 477-497

  Ureta, Sebastian ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Home spaces; Housing estates; Location; Material culture; Television set

Indexed keywords

EID: 57649217654     PISSN: 13678779     EISSN: 1460356X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367877908096055     Document Type: Article

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