Dance and glance: Visualizing tribal identity in Highland Yemen

Visual Anthropology

Volumn 11, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 55-102

  Adra, Najwa ^a  

^a HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0347724432     PISSN: 08949468     EISSN: 15455920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08949468.1998.9966746     Document Type: Article

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