Dancing in the fire: Ritually constructing Hindu identity in a Malaysian landscape

Journal of Cultural Geography

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 89-114

  Prorok, Carolyn ^a  

^a SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL IDENTITY; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; RELIGION;

MALAYSIA;

EID: 0032470357     PISSN: 08873631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08873639809478322     Document Type: Article

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