Cultural districts and the challenge of authenticity: The case of Piedmont, Italy

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 651-673

  Mizzau, Lorenzo ^a   Montanari, Fabrizio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Authenticity; Cultural district; Cultural industries; Embeddedness; Music industry

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; MUSIC;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; PIEDMONT [ITALY]; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 49649109381     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: 14682710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbn027     Document Type: Article

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