Inalienable possession and personhood in a Q'eqchi'-Mayan community

Language in Society

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 343-369

  Kockelman, Paul ^a  

^a Barnard College of Columbia University   (United States)

Author keywords

Circulation; Empathy; Inalienable possession; Intentionality; Marcel Mauss; Moral personhood; Q'eqchi' Maya; Value

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249092000     PISSN: 00474045     EISSN: 14698013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0047404507070170     Document Type: Article

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