Inner iconoclasm. Forms of reflexivity in Loma rituals of sacrifice

Social Anthropology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 57-75

  Højbjerg, Christian K ^a  

^a Danish Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities   (Denmark)

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EID: 31544483851     PISSN: 09640282     EISSN: 14698676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8676.2002.tb00046.x     Document Type: Article

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