Identity as Work: Changing Job Opportunities and Indigenous Identity in the Transition to a Tourist Economy

Anthropology of Work Review

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 18-22

  Stocker, Karen ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Costa rica; Indigenous identity; Tourism; Work

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881674321     PISSN: 0883024X     EISSN: 15481417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/awr.2007.28.2.18     Document Type: Article

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