Defrosting the freezer: From novelty to convenience: A Narrative of Normalization

Journal of Material Culture

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 301-319

  Shove, Elizabeth ^a   Southerton, Dale ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

co determination; convenience; domestic technology; everyday life; normalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990394473     PISSN: 13591835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/135918350000500303     Document Type: Article

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