Private pleasures: Watching videos in post-Soviet Cuba

International Journal of Cultural Studies

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 113-130

  Pertierra, Anna Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Cuba; Domestic space; Informal economy; Media consumption; VCR; Videocassette

Indexed keywords

EID: 61449147105     PISSN: 13678779     EISSN: 1460356X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367877908099495     Document Type: Article

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