Second-hand clothing encounters in Zambia: Global discourses, western commodities, and local histories

Africa

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 343-365

  Hansen, Karen Tranberg ^a  

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EID: 0039136225     PISSN: 00019720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1161212     Document Type: Article

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