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Portraying the global financial crisis: myth, aesthetics and the city. / Meissner, Miriam.
In: NECSUS: European Journal of Media Studies, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2012.

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Meissner, M 2012, 'Portraying the global financial crisis: myth, aesthetics and the city', NECSUS: European Journal of Media Studies, vol. 1, no. 1. <http://www.necsus-ejms.org/portraying-the-global-financial-crisis-myth-aesthetics-and-the-city/>

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Meissner, M. (2012). Portraying the global financial crisis: myth, aesthetics and the city. NECSUS: European Journal of Media Studies, 1(1). http://www.necsus-ejms.org/portraying-the-global-financial-crisis-myth-aesthetics-and-the-city/

Vancouver

Meissner M. Portraying the global financial crisis: myth, aesthetics and the city. NECSUS: European Journal of Media Studies. 2012;1(1).

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Meissner, Miriam. / Portraying the global financial crisis : myth, aesthetics and the city. In: NECSUS: European Journal of Media Studies. 2012 ; Vol. 1, No. 1.

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