The Christmas celebration of secondary consumers: Observations from food banks in Finland

Journal of Consumer Culture

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 870-886

  Salonen, Anna Sofia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

charity; Christmas; consumption; Food assistance; poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84994138326     PISSN: 14695405     EISSN: 17412900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1469540514541881     Document Type: Article

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