Anglo-German mythologics: The Australian Aborigines and modern theories of myth in the work of Baldwin Spencer and Carl Strehlow

History of the Human Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 83-114

  Nicholls, Angus ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Australian Aborigines; Baldwin Spencer; Carl Strehlow; Hans Georg Gadamer; Theory of myth

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846680682     PISSN: 09526951     EISSN: 1461720X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0952695106075077     Document Type: Article

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