Constituted through Conflict: Images of Community (and Nation) in Bulgarian Rural Ritual

American Anthropologist

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 56-70

  Creed, Gerald W ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Benedict Anderson; Community; Mumming; Nationalism; Roma

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842733025     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/aa.2004.106.1.56     Document Type: Article

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