A tough sell: Stigma as souvenir in the contested performances of San Francisco’s homeless Street sheet vendors

Text and Performance Quarterly

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-57

  Lindemann, Kurt ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Homelessness; Performance of identity; Self presentation; Souvenir; Stigma; Street newspapers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84980032399     PISSN: 10462937     EISSN: 14795760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10462930601046012     Document Type: Article

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