Colonial entanglements and the practices of taste: An alternative to logocentric approaches

American Anthropologist

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 827-845

  Stahl, Ann Brower ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonial entanglements; Embodied knowledge; Ghana; Logocentrism; Material culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036742806     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/aa.2002.104.3.827     Document Type: Article

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