Beyond Urban Subcultures: Urban Subversions as Rhizomatic Social Formations

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-18

  Daskalaki, Maria ^a   Mould, Oli ^b  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Formations; Rhizome; Urban subcultures

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CULTURAL RELATIONS; TERRITORY; URBAN SOCIETY;

EID: 84871621073     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2012.01198.x     Document Type: Article

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