Gettysburg re-imagined: The role of narrative imagination in consumption experience

Consumption Markets and Culture

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 261-286

  Chronis, Athinodoros ^a   Arnould, Eric J ^b   Hampton, Ronald D ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

enactment; imaginaries; imagination; narratives; negotiation; place; storyscapes; tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862326877     PISSN: 10253866     EISSN: 1477223X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10253866.2011.652823     Document Type: Article

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