The delicacy of the gift: Passing donations and leaving change

Discourse and Society

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 155-174

  Llewellyn, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

charity; conversation analysis; ethnomethodology; gifts; giving; The Big Issue

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952456544     PISSN: 09579265     EISSN: 14603624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0957926510392126     Document Type: Article

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