Art in health and identity: Visual narratives of older Chinese immigrants to New Zealand

Arts and Health

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 109-123

  Li, Wendy Wen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

art; culture; health; identity; older Chinese immigrant; visual narrative

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864753126     PISSN: 17533015     EISSN: 17533023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17533015.2011.584886     Document Type: Article

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