The social stratification of cultural consumption: Some policy implications of a research project

Cultural Trends

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 373-384

  Chan, Tak Wing ^a   Goldthorpe, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cultural Consumption; Omnivores; Social Status

Indexed keywords

EID: 85048901879     PISSN: 09548963     EISSN: 14693690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09548960701692787     Document Type: Article

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