Embedded objects: The Asante goldweight, subjectivity formation, and social control

Semiotica

Volumn 118, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 295-305

  Hess, Janet ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

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EID: 34247408336     PISSN: 00371998     EISSN: 16133692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/semi.1998.118.3-4.295     Document Type: Article

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