At the margins of death: Ritual space and the politics of location in an Indo-himalayan border village

American Ethnologist

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 549-573

  Aggarwal, Ravina ^a  

^a SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0035538257     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/ae.2001.28.3.549     Document Type: Article

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