Ultima Thule: Anthropology and the call of the unknown

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 789-804

  Hastrup, Kirsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

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EID: 36349000556     PISSN: 13590987     EISSN: 14679655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9655.2007.00457.x     Document Type: Article

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