Introduction: The power of the popular

Popular Culture in Taiwan: Charismatic Modernity

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1-22

  Moskowitz, Marc L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203842072     Document Type: Editorial

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