The embodied past. From paranoid style to politics of memory in South Africa

Social Anthropology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 312-328

  Fassin, Didier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

Author keywords

AIDS; Embodiment; Political anthropology; Resentment; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 57749118604     PISSN: 09640282     EISSN: 14698676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8676.2008.00045.x     Document Type: Article

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