Practices and trajectories: A comparative analysis of reading in France, Norway, the Netherlands, the UK and the USA

Journal of Consumer Culture

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 237-262

  Southerton, Dale ^a   Olsen, Wendy ^a   Warde, Alan ^a   Cheng, Shu Li ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute of Statistical Sciences   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

comparative analysis; consumption patterns; reading; theories of practice; time use

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871829635     PISSN: 14695405     EISSN: 17412900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1469540512456920     Document Type: Article

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