The dangers of educational and cultural populism: Three vignettes on the problems of aesthetic insensitivity, the pitfalls of pandering, and the virtues of artistic integrity

Journal of Consumer Affairs

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 394-423

  Holbrook, Morris B ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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EID: 0032328821     PISSN: 00220078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6606.1998.tb00415.x     Document Type: Article

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