'Different people' coming together: Representations of alterity in |Xam Bushman (San) narrative

Critical Arts

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 670-688

  McGranaghan, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bushman; colonialism; difference; hunter gatherers; representations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907340272     PISSN: 02560046     EISSN: 19926049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02560046.2014.929223     Document Type: Article

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