Elite mobilities: The semiotic landscapes of luxury and privilege

Social Semiotics

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 487-516

  Thurlow, Crispin ^a   Jaworski, Adam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

class; elitism; luxury; space place; symbolic capital; tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866866659     PISSN: 10350330     EISSN: 14701219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10350330.2012.721592     Document Type: Article

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