Wispy communities: Transient gatherings and imagined micro-communities

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1319-1335

  Fine, Gary Alan ^a   van den Scott, Lisa Jo ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

community; culture; festivals; gatherings; small groups

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052669881     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764211409379     Document Type: Article

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