Living the texts of everyday life: A hermeneutic perspective on the relationships between consumer stories and life-world structures

Representing Consumers: Voices, Views and Visions

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 127-155

  Thompson, Craig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203380260-13     Document Type: Chapter

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