Mediating kinship: Country, family, and radio

Cultural Anthropology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 280-312

  Fisher, Daniel ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Aboriginal Australia; Country music; Expressive practice; Indigenous media; Kinship; Radio

Indexed keywords

EID: 77049099124     PISSN: 08867356     EISSN: 15481360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1360.2009.01132.x     Document Type: Article

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