Meaning and feeling in the anthropology of emotions

American Ethnologist

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 514-539

  Leavitt, John ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Anthropological theory; Emotion; Feeling; Himalaya; Meaning; South Asia

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030500768     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/ae.1996.23.3.02a00040     Document Type: Article

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