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Locking-down instituted practices: Understanding sustainability in the context of ‘domestic’ consumption in the remaking

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Locking-down instituted practices: Understanding sustainability in the context of ‘domestic’ consumption in the remaking. / Holmes, Torik; Lord, Carolynne; Ellsworth-Krebs, Katherine.
In: Journal of Consumer Culture, Vol. 22, No. 4, 01.11.2022, p. 1049-1067.

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Holmes T, Lord C, Ellsworth-Krebs K. Locking-down instituted practices: Understanding sustainability in the context of ‘domestic’ consumption in the remaking. Journal of Consumer Culture. 2022 Nov 1;22(4):1049-1067. Epub 2021 Oct 4. doi: 10.1177/14695405211039616

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