Surviving American empire in Africa: The anthropology of reality television

International Journal of Cultural Studies

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 441-459

  Hubbard, Laura ^a   Mathers, Kathryn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; AIDS; American; empire; reality television; travel writing; USA

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247668010     PISSN: 13678779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367877904047863     Document Type: Article

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