Going to the bush: Language, power and the conserved environment in Southern Africa

Environmental Education Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 35-51

  Cloete, Elsie L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Hegemony of english; Indigenous environmental knowledge; Language and environmental education; Southern africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951567841     PISSN: 13504622     EISSN: 14695871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504621003625248     Document Type: Article

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