Peoples of the gourd: Imagined ethnicities in Highland Southeast Asia

Journal of Asian Studies

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 999-1032

  Proschan, Frank ^a  

^a Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage   (United States)

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EID: 33750693897     PISSN: 00219118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2700018     Document Type: Article

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