The Sociology of Consumption: Its Recent Development

Annual Review of Sociology

Volumn 41, Issue , 2015, Pages 117-134

  Warde, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

consumer politics; cultural analysis; lifestyle; sustainable consumption; taste; theories of practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939600407     PISSN: 03600572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-soc-071913-043208     Document Type: Article

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