Aspiring, consuming, becoming: Youth identity in a culture of consumption

Youth and Society

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 229-254

  Deutsch, Nancy L ^a   Theodorou, Eleni ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

adolescent; consumption; gender; identity; social class

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649802158     PISSN: 0044118X     EISSN: 15528499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0044118X09351279     Document Type: Article

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