What’s On? Film Programming, Structured Choice and the Production of Cinema Culture in Contemporary Britain

Journal of British Cinema and Television

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 264-298

  McDonald, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85055406411     PISSN: 17434521     EISSN: 17551714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3366/jbctv.2010.0006     Document Type: Article

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