CouchSurfing as a spatial practice: Accessing and producing xenotopos

Hospitality and Society

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 227-244

  Zuev, Dennis ^a  

^a INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Access; Knowledge; Rhythm; Russia; Spatial practice; Xenotopos

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886589726     PISSN: 20427913     EISSN: 20427921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1386/hosp.1.3.227_1     Document Type: Article

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