Mediating infanticide: Theorizing relations between narrative and violence

Cultural Anthropology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 315-356

  Briggs, Charles L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Language ideologies; Media; Narrative; Venezuela; Violoence

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447254554     PISSN: 08867356     EISSN: 15481360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/can.2007.22.3.315     Document Type: Article

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