Displaying desire and distinction in housing

Cultural Sociology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 31-50

  Silva, Elizabeth B ^a   Wright, David ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bourdieu; Cultural capital; Culture; Distinction; Domestic space; Dream house; Housing

Indexed keywords

EID: 62249104457     PISSN: 17499755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1749975508100670     Document Type: Article

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