Stumped identities: Body image, bodies politic, and the Mujer Maya as prosthetic

Cultural Anthropology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 314-353

  Nelson, Diane M ^a  

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EID: 0035429996     PISSN: 08867356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/can.2001.16.3.314     Document Type: Article

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