Imagining authenticity in the local medicines of chiapas, Mexico

Critique of Anthropology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 173-190

  Ayora Diaz, Steffan Igor ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Authenticity ; Chiapas ; Local medicines ; Museum of maya medicine ; Nostalgia

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034341870     PISSN: 0308275X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0308275X0002000205     Document Type: Article

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