Researching the social impact of the arts: literature, fiction and the novel

International Journal of Cultural Policy

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-33

  Belfiore, Eleonora ^a   Bennett, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

impact assessment methodology; impacts of the novel; social impacts of the arts

Indexed keywords

EID: 85055362397     PISSN: 10286632     EISSN: 14772833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10286630802322386     Document Type: Article

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