Disgust, bodily aesthetics and the ethic of being human in Botswana

Africa

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 288-307

  Livingston, Julie ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITIZENSHIP; DISABILITY; ESTHETICS; ETHICS; HUMAN RIGHTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SEGREGATION;

AFRICA; BOTSWANA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 44649184963     PISSN: 00019720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3366/E000197200800017X     Document Type: Article

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