Articulation of physical and social bodies in Kerala

Contributions to Indian Sociology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 37-68

  Osella, Filippo ^a   Osella, Caroline ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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