Making connections: Crossing boundaries of place and identity in Liverpool and Merseyside amateur transport films

Mobilities

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 83-109

  Roberts, Les ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amateur films; Liverpool; Motorways; Non places; Space; Transport

Indexed keywords

DOCUMENTARY SOURCE; MOBILITY; MOTORWAY; URBAN GEOGRAPHY;

ENGLAND; LIVERPOOL [ENGLAND]; LIVERPOOL [LIVERPOOL (DST)]; MERSEYSIDE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77949407075     PISSN: 17450101     EISSN: 1745011X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17450100903435052     Document Type: Article

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