Popular Literature in Africa: Post-Resistance Perspectives

Social Dynamics

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 128-140

  Hofmeyr, Isabel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

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EID: 32644479510     PISSN: 02533952     EISSN: 19407874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02533950408628688     Document Type: Article

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