Feral suburbs: Cultural topologies of social reproduction, Fort McMurray, Canada

International Journal of Cultural Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 205-215

  Shields, Rob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

community; cultural form; flow; Fort McMurray; planning; social reproduction; suburb; topology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860430975     PISSN: 13678779     EISSN: 1460356X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367877911433743     Document Type: Article

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