'Happiness Hefei': public art and rural-urban citizenship struggles in transitional China

Social and Cultural Geography

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 719-733

  Ding, Yannan ^a,b   Schuermans, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b HEFEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

chengzhongcun; China; citizenship; public art; public pedagogy

Indexed keywords

ART; CITIZENSHIP; CULTURAL TRADITION; PUBLIC SPACE; RURAL-URBAN COMPARISON;

EID: 84868284255     PISSN: 14649365     EISSN: 14701197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14649365.2012.723733     Document Type: Article

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