Reassembling the Cultural: Fashion models, brands and the meaning of 'culture' after ANT

Journal of Cultural Economy

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 161-177

  Entwistle, Joanne ^a   Slater, Don ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

actor network theory; brands; creative industries; cultural objects; models

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897586125     PISSN: 17530350     EISSN: 17530369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17530350.2013.783501     Document Type: Article

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