Are mountain gods vindictive? Competing images of the Japanese alpine landscape

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 863-880

  Schnell, Scott ^a  

^a University of Iowa   (United States)

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EID: 36349030204     PISSN: 13590987     EISSN: 14679655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9655.2007.00461.x     Document Type: Article

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