The Dance of Revolution: Yangge in Beijing in the Early 1950s

China Quarterly

Volumn 181, Issue , 2005, Pages 82-99

  Hung, Chang Tai ^a  

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CULTURAL TRADITION;

EID: 17544373627     PISSN: 03057410     EISSN: 14682648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305741005000056     Document Type: Article

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