The gift in the animal: The ontology of hunting and human-animal sociality

American Ethnologist

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-43

  Nadasdy, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 33847002738     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/ae.2007.34.1.25     Document Type: Article

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