Sacrifice and the problem of beginning: Meditations from Sakalava mythopraxis

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 19-38

  Lambek, Michael ^a,b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 33847617811     PISSN: 13590987     EISSN: 14679655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9655.2007.00411.x     Document Type: Article

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