The "already surmounted" yet "secretly familiar": Malaysian identity as symptom

Cultural Anthropology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 31-59

  Willford, Andrew ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Hinduism; Malaysia; Nationalism; Psycholanalysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 33144477933     PISSN: 08867356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/can.2006.21.1.31     Document Type: Article

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