Buymylife.com: Cyber-femininities and commercial intimacy in blogshops

Women's Studies International Forum

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 467-477

  Abidin, Crystal ^a   Thompson, Eric C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOTHING INDUSTRY; COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INTERNET; WOMENS STATUS;

SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA];

EID: 84868474939     PISSN: 02775395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2012.10.005     Document Type: Article

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