Tracking the Imaginary, Postcolonial Subject in West Africa

Qualitative Inquiry

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 188-211

  Slobin, Kathleen ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84993811854     PISSN: 10778004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107780040000600202     Document Type: Article

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