Private desires, public display: Consumption, postmodernism and fashion's “new man”

International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 301-310

  Woodruffe Burton, Helen ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84986076236     PISSN: 09590552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09590559810231760     Document Type: Article

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