"But what if i should need to defecate in your neighborhood, madame?": Empire, redemption, and the "Tradition of the oppressed" in a Brazilian World Heritage Site

Cultural Anthropology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 279-328

  Collins, John ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazil; Cultural heritage; Empire; Segmented knowledges; Sovereignty

Indexed keywords

EID: 44049091773     PISSN: 08867356     EISSN: 15481360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1360.2008.00010.x     Document Type: Article

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