Shades of otherness: Representations of Africa in 19th-century Iceland

Social Anthropology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 172-186

  Loftsdóttir, Kristín ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Africa; Iceland; Identity; Images; Otherness; Representations

Indexed keywords

EID: 48649102886     PISSN: 09640282     EISSN: 14698676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8676.2008.00030.x     Document Type: Article

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