Between poverty and a lifestyle: The leisure activities of homeless people in Las Vegas

Journal of Contemporary Ethnography

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 441-466

  Borchard, Kurt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT KEARNEY   (United States)

Author keywords

entertainment; ethnography; homelessness; Las Vegas; lifestyles; technology; tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955874373     PISSN: 08912416     EISSN: 15525414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891241609341640     Document Type: Article

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