Visions of Apes, Reflections on Change: Telling Tales of Great Apes in Equatorial Africa

African Studies Review

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-73

  Giles Vernick, Tamara ^a   Rupp, Stephanie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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EID: 57749135192     PISSN: 00020206     EISSN: 15552462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/arw.2006.0067     Document Type: Article

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