Locating the cannibals: Conquest, north American ethnohistory, and the threat of objectivity

History and Anthropology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 101-133

  Ouden, Amy E Den ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cannibal trope; Conquest; Ethnohistory; Native north America; Objectivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 47549088582     PISSN: 02757206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02757200701702802     Document Type: Article

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