Cutting bella figura: Irony, crisis, and secondhand clothes in South Italy

American Ethnologist

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 532-546

  Pipyrou, Stavroula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Charity; Crisis; Irony; Italy; Secondhand clothes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906044070     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: 15481425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/amet.12098     Document Type: Article

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