Co-Constructing colonial dichotomies in female former colonizers' narratives of the belgian congo

Journal of Linguistic Anthropology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Van De Mieroop, Dorien ^a   Pagnaer, Mathias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belgian Congo; Colonialism; Identity; Narrative; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884807930     PISSN: 10551360     EISSN: 15481395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jola.12017     Document Type: Article

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