"Now let me share this with you": Exploring poetry as a method for postcolonial geography research

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Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1395-1428

  Eshun, Gabriel ^a   Madge, Clare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Creativity; Ecotourism; Ghana; Poetry; Postcolonial method

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; ECOTOURISM; LITERATURE REVIEW; METHODOLOGY; POST-COLONIALISM; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESEARCH WORK;

BOABENG-FIEMA MONKEY SANCTUARY; BRONG-AHAFO; GHANA;

EID: 84864955639     PISSN: 00664812     EISSN: 14678330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8330.2011.00968.x     Document Type: Article

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