Prayer, Contentious Politics, and the Women of the Wall: The Benefits of Collaboration in Participant Observation at Intense, Multifocal Events

Field Methods

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 25-50

  Mazie, Steven V ^a   Woods, Patricia J ^b  

^a Chemistry Department   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

communal conflict; intense, multifocal events; Israel; participant observation; Women of the Wall

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248064226     PISSN: 1525822X     EISSN: 15523969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1525822X02239571     Document Type: Article

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