Teaching Geography Using Films: A Proposal

Journal of Geography

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 47-56

  di Palma, Maria Teresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fiction; Film; Geographical teaching; Stereotypes; Terrestrial environments

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858592822     PISSN: 00221341     EISSN: 17526868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221340902967325     Document Type: Article

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