Creativity and place in the evolution of a cultural industry: The case of Cirque du Soleil

Urban Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1771-1787

  Leslie, Deborah ^a   Rantisi, Norma M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL ECONOMY; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; CULTURAL TRADITION; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INNOVATION; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); STATE ROLE;

CANADA; MONTREAL; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 79958190867     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098010377475     Document Type: Article

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