Principles, Publicity, and Politics: Notes on Human Rights Media

American Anthropologist

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 605-612

  McLagan, Meg ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0141792381     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/aa.2003.105.3.605     Document Type: Review

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