Foucault in the forest: Questioning environmentality in Amazonia

American Ethnologist

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 501-515

  Cepek, Michael L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazonia ; Environmental management; Environmentality; Governmentality; Indigenous conservation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959964861     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: 15481425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1425.2011.01319.x     Document Type: Article

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