Paradoxes of consumer independence: A critical discourse analysis of the independent traveller

Marketing Theory

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 253-272

  Caruana, Robert ^a   Crane, Andrew ^b   Fitchett, James A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

commodity; critical discourse analysis; guidebook; independence; Spain; tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992854023     PISSN: 14705931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1470593108093556     Document Type: Article

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