Resisting the creation of forgotten places: Artistic production in Toronto neighbourhoods

Canadian Geographer

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 417-431

  Bain, Alison L ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY; MEMORY; NEIGHBORHOOD; URBAN AREA;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO; TORONTO;

EID: 33751279403     PISSN: 00083658     EISSN: 15410064     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0064.2006.00155.x     Document Type: Article

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