Culture, secrets, and Ömie history: A consideration of the politics of cultural identity

American Ethnologist

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 438-456

  Rohatynskyj, Marta ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Cultural identity; Ethnogenesis; Ethnographic research; History

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031512757     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/ae.1997.24.2.438     Document Type: Article

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