Border narratives at work: Theatrical smuggling and the politics of commemoration

Geopolitics

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 657-675

  Prokkola, Eeva Kaisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

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BORDER REGION; COMMERCIALIZATION; MEMORY; NATION STATE;

EID: 57349108734     PISSN: 14650045     EISSN: 15573028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14650040802275495     Document Type: Article

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