Covert distinction: How hipsters practice food-based resistance strategies in the production of identity

Consumption Markets and Culture

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 2-28

  Cronin, James M ^a   McCarthy, Mary B ^a   Collins, Alan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

community; consumer choice; consumer resistance; food consumption; hipster; identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887050232     PISSN: 10253866     EISSN: 1477223X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10253866.2012.678785     Document Type: Article

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