Warscape ethnography in West Africa and the anthropology of "events"

Anthropological Quarterly

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 315-327

  Hoffman, Danny ^a   Lubkemann, Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropology of Events; Ritual; Social change; War zones; West Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 22544448379     PISSN: 00035491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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