Constitutive violence and the nationalist imaginary. Antagonism and defensive solidarity in ‘palestine’ and ‘former yugoslavia’

Social Anthropology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 319-340

  Bowman, Glenn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34247145220     PISSN: 09640282     EISSN: 14698676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8676.2003.tb00081.x     Document Type: Article

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