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| Author: | Jeace, I. |
| Title: | Accounting and the construction of the standard body |
| Journal: | Accounting, Organizations and Society
2003 : MAY, VOL. 28:4, P. 357-377 |
| Index terms: | Accounting theory Consumer behaviour Shopping |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Early twenty first century Western society is commonly portrayed as a consumer society. Yet accounting research has to date neglected to explore the possible role of accounting technique in the intricate linkages between consumption, body size and individualism. The author unravels the workings of garment alteration overhead allocations and the linkages between such accounting innovation and between such accounting innovation and the creation of the statistical standard body size. |
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