The Maasai and the Lion King: Authenticity, nationalism, and globalization in African tourism

American Ethnologist

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 881-908

  Bruner, Edward M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 0035497793     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/ae.2001.28.4.881     Document Type: Article

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