Modernity, tradition and nuances of class in lesotho

City and Society

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 82-107

  Turkon, David ^a  

^a ITHACA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Basotho 2009 by the american anthropological association. All rights reserved; Class; Identity; Lesotho; Modernity

Indexed keywords

CLASS; CULTURAL IDENTITY; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; CULTURAL RELATIONS; CULTURAL TRADITION; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; LANGUAGE; MODERNITY;

LESOTHO;

EID: 74849084564     PISSN: 08930465     EISSN: 1548744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-744X.2009.01016.x     Document Type: Article

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