Who are you calling old? Negotiating old age identity in the elderly consumption ensemble

Journal of Consumer Research

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1133-1153

  Barnhart, Michelle ^a   Peñaloza, Lisa ^b,c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KEDGE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 84875011362     PISSN: 00935301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/668536     Document Type: Article

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