Animal practices, ethnicity, and community: The Turkish pigeon handlers of Berlin

American Sociological Review

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 874-894

  Jerolmack, Colin ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; CULTURAL IDENTITY; CULTURAL TRADITION; ETHNICITY; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS;

BERLIN; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

ANIMALIA; COLUMBA; COLUMBA LIVIA;

EID: 37749016215     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000312240707200602     Document Type: Article

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