The emergence of indigeneity: Public intellectuals and an indigenous space in Southwest China

Cultural Anthropology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 301-333

  Hathaway, Michael ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 77951846614     PISSN: 08867356     EISSN: 15481360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1360.2010.01060.x     Document Type: Article

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