The work of repair: Gesture, emotion and sensual knowledge

Sociological Research Online

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 97-118

  Dant, Tim ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cars; Material interaction; Phenomenology; Repair; Work

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956111275     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13607804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5153/sro.2158     Document Type: Article

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