Movement in spaces of liminality: Chinese dance and immigrant identities

Ethnic and Racial Studies

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 314-332

  Wilcox, Hui ^a  

^a ST CATHERINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese diaspora; Dance; Ethnic identity; Immigrant communities; Performance; Transnational cultural practice

Indexed keywords

CULTURE; DIASPORA; ETHNICITY; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; IMMIGRANT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 78651089721     PISSN: 01419870     EISSN: 14664356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2010.528439     Document Type: Article

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