Universal human rights and the problem of unbounded cultural meanings

American Anthropologist

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 799-809

  Handwerker, W Penn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

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EID: 0031477952     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/aa.1997.99.4.799     Document Type: Article

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