Can you dig it?: Some reflections on the sociological problems associated with being uncool

Sociology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1151-1162

  Beer, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Changing lifecourse; Changing mediascapes; Cool; Cultural sociology; Future of sociology; Hipness; Music culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 72249096925     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038038509345699     Document Type: Article

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