Aesthetics of Reciprocity: Socially Engaged Art in China and Hong Kong

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Aesthetics of Reciprocity : Socially Engaged Art in China and Hong Kong. / Corlin, Mai.

The Routledge Companion to Art and Activism in the Twenty-First Century. ed. / Lesley Shipley; Mey-Yen Moriuchi. New York : Routledge, 2022.

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Harvard

Corlin, M 2022, Aesthetics of Reciprocity: Socially Engaged Art in China and Hong Kong. in L Shipley & M-Y Moriuchi (eds), The Routledge Companion to Art and Activism in the Twenty-First Century. Routledge, New York. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003159698-4

APA

Corlin, M. (2022). Aesthetics of Reciprocity: Socially Engaged Art in China and Hong Kong. In L. Shipley, & M-Y. Moriuchi (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Art and Activism in the Twenty-First Century Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003159698-4

Vancouver

Corlin M. Aesthetics of Reciprocity: Socially Engaged Art in China and Hong Kong. In Shipley L, Moriuchi M-Y, editors, The Routledge Companion to Art and Activism in the Twenty-First Century. New York: Routledge. 2022 https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003159698-4

Author

Corlin, Mai. / Aesthetics of Reciprocity : Socially Engaged Art in China and Hong Kong. The Routledge Companion to Art and Activism in the Twenty-First Century. editor / Lesley Shipley ; Mey-Yen Moriuchi. New York : Routledge, 2022.

Bibtex

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