In and out of culture: Fieldwork in war-torn Uganda

Critique of Anthropology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 247-258

  Finnström, Sverker ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acholi; Lived experience; Lord's Resistance Movement Army (LRM A, LRA); Spirit possession; War trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035627191     PISSN: 0308275X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0308275X0102100304     Document Type: Article

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