Rehoboth Baster, Namibian or Namibian Baster? An analysis of national discourses in Rehoboth, Namibia

Nations and Nationalism

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 579-600

  Kjæret, Kristin ^a   Stokke, Kristian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHNIC MINORITY; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; NATION STATE; NATIONALISM; POLITICAL DISCOURSE; STATE BUILDING;

NAMIBIA; REHOBOTH;

EID: 0142187205     PISSN: 13545078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1469-8219.00128     Document Type: Article

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