Re-presenting the religious: Nation, community and identity in museums

Social and Cultural Geography

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 495-513

  Kong, Lily ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Community; Identity; Jews; Museums; Nation; Religion; Singapore

Indexed keywords

IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; MUSEUM; NATIONAL IDENTITY; RELIGION;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 23644453642     PISSN: 14649365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14649360500200213     Document Type: Article

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