Low-income Families and Coping through Brands: Inclusion or Stigma?

Sociology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 74-90

  Hamilton, Kathy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

brands; consumption; coping; poverty; qualitative; stigma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857320839     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038038511416146     Document Type: Article

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