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Research Article

New media and cultural heritage politics: the intertwining of official authorised heritage discourse, folk decentralisation, and internet positivity in Chinese women’s scripts

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Pages 547-565 | Received 31 Aug 2022, Accepted 08 Apr 2023, Published online: 20 Apr 2023

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