Shangri-la: Messing with a myth

Journal of Macromarketing

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 257-275

  Llamas, Rosa ^a   Belk, Russell ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

development; marketization; orientalism; placelessness; tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053134514     PISSN: 02761467     EISSN: 15526534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0276146711406549     Document Type: Article

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