Resituating the place of educational discourse in anthropology

American Anthropologist

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 594-604

  Levinson, Bradley A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural studies; Education; Ethnography; Identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033261660     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/aa.1999.101.3.594     Document Type: Review

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