Magical pursuits: Legitimacy and representation in a transnational political field

American Anthropologist

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 349-359

  Baker Cristales, Beth ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

El Salvador; Governmentality; International migration; Transnationalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 51849120189     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: 15481433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1433.2008.00044.x     Document Type: Article

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