'It's all to do with words': An analysis of spirit possession in the Venezuelan cult of María Lionza

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 207-224

  Placido, Barbara ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0011547551     PISSN: 13590987     EISSN: 14679655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9655.00059     Document Type: Article

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