Existential consumption and irrational desire

European Journal of Marketing

Volumn 31, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 285-296

  Elliott, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumption; Marketing; Post modernism

Indexed keywords

EID: 85133007431     PISSN: 03090566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03090569710162371     Document Type: Article

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