Mimetic structuration: Or, easy steps to building an acceptable identity

History and Anthropology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 187-210

  Walker, Iain ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Comoros; Identity; Mimesis; Social change; Tradition

Indexed keywords

EID: 37349128446     PISSN: 02757206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02757200500116147     Document Type: Article

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