'No longer, but not yet': Tweens and the mediating of threshold selves through liminal consumption

Journal of Consumer Culture

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 41-65

  Cody, Kevina ^a  

^a DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

consumption; fruitful darkness; liminal; multi method qualitative research; tween

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860365619     PISSN: 14695405     EISSN: 17412900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1469540512438155     Document Type: Article

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