Showbiz as a cross-cultural system: Circus and song, garland and geertz, rushdie, mordden, . . . and more

Cultural Anthropology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 424-456

  Boon, James A ^a  

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EID: 0034363295     PISSN: 08867356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/can.2000.15.3.424     Document Type: Article

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