From hostage to host: Confessions of a spirit medium in Niger

Ethos

Volumn 30, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 49-76

  Masquelier, Adeline ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0036964185     PISSN: 00912131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/eth.2002.30.1-2.49     Document Type: Article

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