The "Got Art?" paradox: Questioning the value of art in collective action

Poetics

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 316-335

  Lee, Caroline W ^a   Lingo, Elizabeth Long ^b  

^a LAFAYETTE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79960632666     PISSN: 0304422X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.poetic.2011.05.001     Document Type: Article

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