Precarious creativity: Immigrant cultural workers

Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 113-126

  Grant, Jill L ^a   Buckwold, Benjamin ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

artists; Canada; creative cities; dancers; immigrants; musicians

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL RELATIONS; CULTURAL TRADITION; IMMIGRANT; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; LABOR MIGRATION; MIGRANT WORKER; SOCIAL NETWORK; URBAN REGION;

CANADA;

EID: 84874288977     PISSN: 17521378     EISSN: 17521386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cjres/rss008     Document Type: Article

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