An awful mark: Symbolic violence and urban renewal in reform-era China

Visual Studies

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 195-210

  Chau, Adam Yuet ^a  

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EID: 69849129344     PISSN: 1472586X     EISSN: 14725878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14725860802489882     Document Type: Article

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