Looking out to look in: The use of the periphery in China's geopolitical narratives

Eurasian Geography and Economics

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 315-326

  Oakes, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

borderlands; China; contact zone; frontier; geo body; geopolitical narratives; hybridity; peripheralization; periphery; territoriality

Indexed keywords

BORDER REGION; FRONTIER REGION; GEOPOLITICS; PERIPHERAL REGION;

CHINA;

EID: 84864420103     PISSN: 15387216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1539-7216.53.3.315     Document Type: Article

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