Powering popular conceptions: The !Kung in the Marshall family expedition films of the 1950s

Visual Anthropology

Volumn 12, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 153-184

  Tomaselli, Keyan G ^a   Homiak, John P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b Smithonsian Institution   (United States)

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EID: 60949511559     PISSN: 08949468     EISSN: 15455920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08949468.1999.9966773     Document Type: Article

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