Disorderly development: Globalization and the idea of "culture" in the Kalahari

American Ethnologist

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 354-370

  Sylvain, Renée ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bushmen; Development; Ethnotourism; Globalization; Indigenous identity; San

Indexed keywords

EID: 24644450720     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/ae.2005.32.3.354     Document Type: Review

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