There’s a Hinterland in Me: Ambivalent Place-making in Popular Music From a National Periphery

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There’s a Hinterland in Me : Ambivalent Place-making in Popular Music From a National Periphery. / Bruhn, Tommy.

I: Culture Unbound: Journal of Current Cultural Research, Bind 16, Nr. 1, 2024, s. 117-141.

Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt

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Bruhn, T 2024, 'There’s a Hinterland in Me: Ambivalent Place-making in Popular Music From a National Periphery', Culture Unbound: Journal of Current Cultural Research, bind 16, nr. 1, s. 117-141. https://doi.org/10.3384/cu.4289

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Bruhn, T. (2024). There’s a Hinterland in Me: Ambivalent Place-making in Popular Music From a National Periphery. Culture Unbound: Journal of Current Cultural Research, 16(1), 117-141. https://doi.org/10.3384/cu.4289

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Bruhn T. There’s a Hinterland in Me: Ambivalent Place-making in Popular Music From a National Periphery. Culture Unbound: Journal of Current Cultural Research. 2024;16(1):117-141. https://doi.org/10.3384/cu.4289

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Bruhn, Tommy. / There’s a Hinterland in Me : Ambivalent Place-making in Popular Music From a National Periphery. I: Culture Unbound: Journal of Current Cultural Research. 2024 ; Bind 16, Nr. 1. s. 117-141.

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