Power, identity, and history in central Botswana

Identities

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 325-350

  Motzafi‐Haller, Pnina ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Local global relations; Postcolonial societies; Resistance and domination; Rural Botswana

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GLOBAL-LOCAL RELATIONS; IDENTITY FORMATION; SOCIAL IDENTITY; VILLAGE COMMUNITY;

BOTSWANA;

EID: 0030472138     PISSN: 1070289X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1070289X.1996.9962543     Document Type: Review

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