Identityscapes of a hair salon: Work identities and the value of visual methods

Sociological Research Online

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 1-14

  Shortt, Harriet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hairdressers; Identity; Identityscape; Objects; Photography; Photomontage; Space; Time; Visual

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863861899     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13607804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5153/sro.2690     Document Type: Article

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