Geopolitics and visuality: Sighting the Darfur conflict

Political Geography

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 357-382

  Campbell, David ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Darfur; Geopolitics; Identity; Photojournalism; Visuality

Indexed keywords

CRIME; GEOPOLITICS; ICONOGRAPHY; POLITICAL CONFLICT; VIOLENCE; WAR;

AFRICA; DARFUR; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SUDAN;

LACUNA;

EID: 34247504501     PISSN: 09626298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2006.11.005     Document Type: Article

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