Consuming alcohol: Consuming symbolic meaning

The Changing Consumer: Markets and Meanings

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 104-116

  Pettigrew, Simone ^a  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 85070013011     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203994481-10     Document Type: Chapter

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