Tinsel, trimmings, and tensions: Consumer negotiations of a focal Christmas artifact

Explorations in Consumer Culture Theory

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 171-189

  Otnes, Cele C ^a   Crosby, Elizabeth ^b   Kreuzbauer, Robert ^b   Ho, Jennifer ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c NONE

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203886809     Document Type: Chapter

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