The Dance Floor: Nightlife, Civilizing Process, and Multiculturalism in Canada

Space and Culture

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 116-135

  Matsinhe, David Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

dance floor; emotions; figuration; informalization; liminal spaces; multiculturalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950698158     PISSN: 12063312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1206331208325604     Document Type: Article

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