‘You don't joke with these fellows.’ Power and ritual in South Canara, India

Social Anthropology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 23-42

  Carrin, Marine ^a   Tambs Lyche, Harald ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PICARDIE JULES VERNE   (France)

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EID: 34247443969     PISSN: 09640282     EISSN: 14698676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8676.2003.tb00070.x     Document Type: Article

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