Living production-engaged alternatives: An examination of new consumption communities

Consumption Markets and Culture

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 273-298

  Moraes, Caroline ^a   Szmigin, Isabelle ^a   Carrigan, Marylyn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anti consumption; Community; Consumer culture; Ethnography

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955687233     PISSN: 10253866     EISSN: 1477223X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10253861003787015     Document Type: Article

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