Voracious Cultural Consumption: The intertwining of gender and social status

Time & Society

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 193-219

  Katz Gerro, Tally ^a   Sullivan, Oriel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cultural omnivorousness; gender and leisure; leisure time

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955069066     PISSN: 0961463X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0961463X09354422     Document Type: Article

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