Comfort, identity and fashion in the post-socialist city: Materialities, assemblages and context

Journal of Consumer Culture

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 329-350

  Jayne, Mark ^a   Ferenčuhová, Slavomíra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

assemblages; comfort; consumption; context; fashion; materiality; Post socialism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949206407     PISSN: 14695405     EISSN: 17412900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1469540513498613     Document Type: Review

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