Tracking properness: Repackaging culture in a remote Australian town

Cultural Anthropology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 416-446

  Christen, Kimberly ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Australia; Group; Indigeneity; Technology; Tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747212073     PISSN: 08867356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/can.2006.21.3.416     Document Type: Article

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