Borderlines:Skin, tattoos and consumer culture theory

Marketing Theory

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 253-267

  Patterson, Maurice ^a   Schroeder, Jonathan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

consumer culture theory; embodiment; identity; skin; tattoos

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956203386     PISSN: 14705931     EISSN: 1741301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1470593110373191     Document Type: Article

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