Wedding of calm and wedding of noise: Aging performed and aging misquoted in Tuareg rites of passage

Journal of Anthropological Research

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 277-303

  Rasmussen, Susan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

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EID: 0039739948     PISSN: 00917710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/jar.57.3.3631424     Document Type: Article

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