Magical literacy: Encountering a Witch's book in ecuador

Anthropological Quarterly

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 186-202

  Wogan, Peter ^a  

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Author keywords

Domination; Ecuador; Literacy; Salasaca; Witchcraft

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032257548     PISSN: 00035491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3317441     Document Type: Article

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