Suburban tranquility, interrupted?: "Youth" sporting culture in the shadows of American vertigo

Cultural Studies - Critical Methodologies

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 224-247

  Giardina, Michael D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b Department of Advertising ^*

Author keywords

Adidas; Nike; Stella McCartney; Whiteness; Youth culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 63849303068     PISSN: 15327086     EISSN: 1552356X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1532708608325941     Document Type: Article

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