When all the cowboys are Indians: The nature of race in all-radian rodeo

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 687-705

  Penrose, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Canada; Culture nature; North American Indians; Race; Rodeo

Indexed keywords

INDIGENOUS POPULATION; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; RACE;

EID: 28344451765     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8306.9303009     Document Type: Review

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