The enchantment of western things: Children's material encounters in late socialist Poland

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 143-156

  Burrell, Kathy ^a  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'Imaginary West'; Children; Enchantment; Material culture; Provenirs; Socialist Poland

Indexed keywords

CHILD; EMIGRATION; ESTHETICS; MATERIAL CULTURE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SOCIALISM;

POLAND;

EID: 78649785001     PISSN: 00202754     EISSN: 14755661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-5661.2010.00408.x     Document Type: Article

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