Buried alive: Imagining Africa in the Brazilian Northeast

American Ethnologist

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 340-360

  French, Jan Hoffman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazil; Cultural performance; Identity; Law; Narrative; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745898798     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/ae.2006.33.3.340     Document Type: Article

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