Determinants of impact: Towards a better understanding of encounters with the arts

Cultural Trends

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 225-275

  Belfiore, Eleonora ^a   Bennett, Oliver ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aesthetic experience; Arts impacts assessment; Audience research; Reception; Transformative powers of the arts

Indexed keywords

EID: 85044916384     PISSN: 09548963     EISSN: 14693690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09548960701479417     Document Type: Article

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