Making “music at the margins"? A social and cultural analysis of Xinyao in Singapore

Asian Studies Review

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 99-124

  Kong, Lily ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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EID: 0345251923     PISSN: 10357823     EISSN: 14678403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03147539608713080     Document Type: Note

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