Of cows and men: Nationalism and Australian cow making

Australian Journal of Anthropology (The)

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 73-90

  Fozdar, Farida ^a   Spittles, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asylum seekers; Australian cows; Autochthonous; Human rights; Nationalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898421765     PISSN: 10358811     EISSN: 17576547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/taja.12067     Document Type: Article

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