The poetics of politics: "Theirs" and "ours"

Journal of Anthropological Research

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-24

  Silverstein, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; COMMUNITY; CONVERSATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; MASS COMMUNICATION; MICROCOSM; POLITICAL SYSTEM; POLITICS; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIETY;

EID: 21344456509     PISSN: 00917710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3998/jar.0521004.0061.101     Document Type: Review

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