Breaking the ethnographer's frames: Reflections on the use of photo elicitation in understanding Sri Lankan monastic culture

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1528-1550

  Samuels, Jeffrey ^a  

^a WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Buddhism; Monasticism; Monks; Photo elicitation; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

EID: 3142727073     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764204266238     Document Type: Review

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