The sensorium at work: The sensory phenomenology of the working body

Sociological Review

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 217-239

  Hockey, John ^a   Allen Collinson, Jacquelyn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 65449121431     PISSN: 00380261     EISSN: 1467954X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-954X.2009.01827.x     Document Type: Article

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