The apocalypse of paradise and the salvation of the west: Nightmare visions of the future in the Pacific Eden

Cultural Studies

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 138-160

  Cowell, Andrew ^a  

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Author keywords

Alterity; Cannibalism; Colonialism; Environmentalism; Nature; Pacific

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347281155     PISSN: 09502386     EISSN: 14664348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/095023899335400     Document Type: Article

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