Estranged belongings: A moral economy of theft in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire

Anthropological Theory

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 179-203

  Newell, Sasha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Abidjan; C te d'Ivoire; Exchange; Moral economy; Social networks; Stranger; Theft; Urban

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750634223     PISSN: 14634996     EISSN: 17412641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1463499606065034     Document Type: Article

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