"Settlers" and Zimbabwe: Politics, memory, and the anthropology of commercial farms during a time of crisis

Identities

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 543-562

  Rutherford, Blair ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anthropology; Nationalism; Postcolonialism; Settlers; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOPOLITICS; NATIONALISM; POST-COLONIALISM; VIOLENCE;

AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 33746420590     PISSN: 1070289X     EISSN: 15473384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10702890490883858     Document Type: Article

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