Creative heritage: Palestinian heritage NGOs and defiant arts of government

American Anthropologist

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 625-637

  De Cesari, Chiara ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Governmentality; Heritage; NGOs; Palestine; Transnational artistic practices

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649731651     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: 15481433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1433.2010.01280.x     Document Type: Article

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