Chronically unstable bodies: Reflections on Amazonian corporalities

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 445-464

  Vilaça, Aparecida ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

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EID: 27844566295     PISSN: 13590987     EISSN: 14679655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9655.2005.00245.x     Document Type: Review

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