Rock Military Style: Motivations Behind the Military Look of 1960s Rock Musicians

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Rock Military Style : Motivations Behind the Military Look of 1960s Rock Musicians. / Langkjær, Michael Alexander.

Nordic Fashion Studies. ed. / Peter McNeil; Louise Wallenberg. Stockholm : Axl Books, 2012. p. 271-291.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

Harvard

Langkjær, MA 2012, Rock Military Style: Motivations Behind the Military Look of 1960s Rock Musicians. in P McNeil & L Wallenberg (eds), Nordic Fashion Studies. Axl Books, Stockholm, pp. 271-291.

APA

Langkjær, M. A. (2012). Rock Military Style: Motivations Behind the Military Look of 1960s Rock Musicians. In P. McNeil, & L. Wallenberg (Eds.), Nordic Fashion Studies (pp. 271-291). Axl Books.

Vancouver

Langkjær MA. Rock Military Style: Motivations Behind the Military Look of 1960s Rock Musicians. In McNeil P, Wallenberg L, editors, Nordic Fashion Studies. Stockholm: Axl Books. 2012. p. 271-291

Author

Langkjær, Michael Alexander. / Rock Military Style : Motivations Behind the Military Look of 1960s Rock Musicians. Nordic Fashion Studies. editor / Peter McNeil ; Louise Wallenberg. Stockholm : Axl Books, 2012. pp. 271-291

Bibtex

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