Sociology of fashion: Order and change

Annual Review of Sociology

Volumn 39, Issue , 2013, Pages 171-192

  Aspers, Patrik ^a,b   Godart, Frédéric ^c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BORÅS   (Sweden)

^c INSEAD   (France)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Distinction; Identity; Imitation; Structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880547896     PISSN: 03600572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-soc-071811-145526     Document Type: Review

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