Strategic ritualization and ethnicity: A typology and analysis of ritual enactments in an italian American community

Sociological Spectrum

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Knottnerus J David, J D ^a   Loconto, David G ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JACKSONVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0142168563     PISSN: 02732173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02732170309219     Document Type: Article

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