What makes me cool? Estonian tweens' interpretative repertoires

Young Consumers

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 329-341

  Keller, Margit ^a   Kalmus, Veronika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Children (age groups); Consumerism; Estonia; Social behaviour; Social norms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993063456     PISSN: 17473616     EISSN: 17587212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17473610911007157     Document Type: Article

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