The colour of destruction: On racialization, geno-globality and the social imaginary in Bissau

Anthropological Theory

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 481-500

  Vigh, Henrik ^a,b  

^a Rehabiliterings og Forskningscentret for Torturofre   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bissau; Conflict; Geno globality; Horizons; Racialization; Social imaginary

Indexed keywords

EID: 40349096165     PISSN: 14634996     EISSN: 17412641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1463499606071598     Document Type: Article

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