'Waving the banana' at capitalism: Political theater and social movement strategy among New York's 'freegan' dumpster divers

Ethnography

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 419-444

  Barnard, Alex V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

consumerism; dumpster diving; freeganism; New Social Movements; New York City; social dramaturgy; waste

Indexed keywords

EID: 82155186692     PISSN: 14661381     EISSN: 17412714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1466138110392453     Document Type: Article

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