Aboriginality and the Arctic North in Canadian Nationalist Superhero Comics, 1940-2004

Historical Geography

Volumn 38, Issue SPEC. ISSUE, 2010, Pages 52-69

  Dittmer, Jason ^a   Larsen, Soren ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; NATIONAL IDENTITY; POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT; POLITICAL DISCOURSE; POLITICAL POWER; SOVEREIGNTY;

EID: 79958251513     PISSN: 10916458     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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