Performing the primitive in the postcolony: Nyoni's kraal in Cape Town

Urban Forum

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 215-233

  Hammett, Daniel ^a,c   Jayawardane, Neelika ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT OSWEGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cape Town; Exoticism; Multiculturalism; Postcolonialism; Primitivism; Urban tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 65249156647     PISSN: 10153802     EISSN: 18746330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12132-009-9055-z     Document Type: Article

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