Thinking between the posts: Postcolonialism, postsocialism, and ethnography after the cold war

Comparative Studies in Society and History

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 6-34

  Chari, Sharad ^a   Verdery, Katherine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMPERIALISM; MARXISM; POST-COLONIALISM; SOCIAL HISTORY; SOCIALISM; THEORETICAL STUDY; WAR;

EID: 65749119814     PISSN: 00104175     EISSN: 14752999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0010417509000024     Document Type: Article

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