The burden of heritage: Claiming a place for a West Indian culture

American Ethnologist

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 370-388

  Olwig, Karen Fog ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

African Caribbean culture; Cultural construction of place; Cultural heritage; Cultural identity; Oral traditions; Sense of pastness

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033130433     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/ae.1999.26.2.370     Document Type: Article

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