Towards an epistemology of consumer culture theory: Phenomenology and the context of context

Marketing Theory

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 381-404

  Askegaard, Søren ^a   Linnet, Jeppe Trolle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

consumer culture theory; context; epistemology; phenomenology; practice theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 83455263647     PISSN: 14705931     EISSN: 1741301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1470593111418796     Document Type: Article

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