Consuming and living the corner shop: Belonging, remembering, socialising

Social and Cultural Geography

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 847-863

  Everts, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Consumption; Ethnicity; Ethnography; Everyday life; Retailing

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ETHNICITY; RETAILING;

GERMANY;

EID: 78649694261     PISSN: 14649365     EISSN: 14701197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14649365.2010.523840     Document Type: Article

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