Theoretical currents in late modern cultural anthropology: Toward a conversation

Cultural Dynamics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 277-300

  Knauft, Bruce M ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical theory; Cultural anthropology; Ethnography; Late modernity

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL THEORY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY;

EID: 0031431934     PISSN: 09213740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/092137409700900302     Document Type: Article

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