Voodoo, zombies, and mermaids: U.S. newspaper coverage of Haiti

Geographical Review

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 208-230

  Potter, Amy E ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Content analysis; Geopolitics; Haiti; Media; Newspapers

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC REFORM; GEOPOLITICS; REGULATORY APPROACH; SOCIAL POLICY; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; HAITI;

EID: 64949133464     PISSN: 00167428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1931-0846.2009.tb00427.x     Document Type: Article

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