Urban workers' leisure culture and the 'public sphere': A study of the transformation of the workers' cultural palace in reform-era china

Critical Sociology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 817-835

  Xing, Guoxin ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

China; class; communication; cultural studies; public sphere; social change; workers' culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 80455164828     PISSN: 08969205     EISSN: 15691632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0896920510392078     Document Type: Article

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