Things in motion, things in practices: How mobile practice networks facilitate the travel and use of leisure objects

Journal of Consumer Culture

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 195-215

  Hui, Allison ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

bird watching; consumption; follow the thing; immutable mobiles; leisure; material culture; multiple mobilities; patchwork quilting; theories of practice; travel

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864368132     PISSN: 14695405     EISSN: 17412900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1469540512446873     Document Type: Article

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