New geographies of comic book production in North America: The new artisan, distancing, and the periodic social economy

Economic Geography

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 241-263

  Norcliffe, Glen ^a   Rendace, Olivero ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Artisanal production; Comic book production; Cultural production; Industrial dispersal; Periodic social economy; Subcontracting; Time geography

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; MEDIA INDUSTRY; PUBLISHING;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0142040673     PISSN: 00130095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-8287.2003.tb00211.x     Document Type: Article

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