A secret shared: Field work and the sinister in a West African village

Cultural Anthropology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 213-233

  Gable, Eric ^a  

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EID: 0031138814     PISSN: 08867356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/can.1997.12.2.213     Document Type: Article

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