Boredom, time, and modernity: An example from Aboriginal Australia

American Anthropologist

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 307-317

  Musharbash, Yasmine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian Aborigines; Boredom; Cross cultural comparison; Modernity; Time

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548423323     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: 15481433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/aa.2007.109.2.307     Document Type: Article

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