Seeing green: Knowing and saving the environment on film

American Anthropologist

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1195-1204

  Vivanco, Luis A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

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EID: 0036903592     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/aa.2002.104.4.1195     Document Type: Review

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