Terror, corpse symbolism, and taboo violation: The 'haredi disaster victim identification team in Israel'(Zaka)

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 837-858

  Stadler, Nurit ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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EID: 33750478391     PISSN: 13590987     EISSN: 14679655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9655.2006.00366.x     Document Type: Article

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