The body of the nation: Terrorism and the embodiment of nationalism in contemporary Israel

Anthropological Quarterly

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 37-62

  Weiss, Meira ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Forensic medicine; Israel; Nationalism; Terrorism; The body

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035648324     PISSN: 00035491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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