Experience economy in the making: Hedonism, play and cool hunting in automotive song lyrics

Consumption Markets and Culture

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 351-371

  Askegaardren, Søren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Beach boys; Car consumption communities; Hedonism; Play; Rituals

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960132107     PISSN: 10253866     EISSN: 1477223X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10253866.2010.502411     Document Type: Article

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