Consuming chavs: The ambiguous politics of gay chavinism

Sociology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 251-268

  Brewis, Joanna ^a   Jack, Gavin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chavinism; Chavs; Class; Commodification; Consumption; Gay men; Gender; Hegemony; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951624851     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038038509357201     Document Type: Article

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