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From a colonial reinvention to postcolonial heritage and a global commodity: performing and re-enacting Angkor Wat and the Royal Khmer Ballet

Pages 702-723 | Received 04 Dec 2012, Accepted 02 Apr 2013, Published online: 24 May 2013

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