'Got my shoes, got my Pokémon': Everyday geographies of children's popular culture

Geoforum

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 4-13

  Horton, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children's geographies; Cultural phenomena; Play; Pok mon; Popular culture

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; MASS MEDIA; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 80055001417     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2011.07.005     Document Type: Article

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