Wandering Ghosts of Late Socialism: Conflict, Metaphor, and Memory in a Southern Vietnamese Marketplace

Journal of Asian Studies

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 5-41

  Leshkowich, Ann Marie ^a  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

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EID: 57749132990     PISSN: 00219118     EISSN: 17520401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021911808000016     Document Type: Article

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