On imperial spectacle: The dialectics of seeing in colonial Nigeria

Comparative Studies in Society and History

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 564-596

  Apter, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/S0010417502000269     Document Type: Article

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