Exalting the past: Nostalgia and the construction of heritage in children's literature

Area

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 133-143

  Kong, Lily ^a   Tay, Lily ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL HERITAGE; LITERATURE REVIEW; PERCEPTION;

SINGAPORE;

EID: 0032455661     PISSN: 00040894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4762.1998.tb00057.x     Document Type: Article

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