Tradition in fragments: Inherited forms and fractures in the ethics of south India

American Ethnologist

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 466-480

  Pandian, Anand ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics; Fragment; India; Narrative; Practice; Selfhood; Tradition

Indexed keywords

EID: 50349100413     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: 15481425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1425.2008.00048.x     Document Type: Article

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