Looking Back, Looking Forward: Arts-Based Careers and Creative Work

Work and Occupations

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 337-363

  Lingo, Elizabeth L ^a   Tepper, Steven J ^b  

^a NexusWorks   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

artistic labor markets; artists; creative workers; cultural industries

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885966711     PISSN: 07308884     EISSN: 15528464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0730888413505229     Document Type: Article

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