Playing to the senses: Food as a performance medium

Performance Research

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-30

  Kirshenblatt Gimblett, Barbara ^a  

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EID: 85009583622     PISSN: 13528165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13528165.1999.10871639     Document Type: Article

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