Social opacity and the dynamics of empathic in-sight among the tzotzil maya of Chiapas, Mexico

Ethos

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 427-448

  Groark, Kevin P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 57749198820     PISSN: 00912131     EISSN: 15481352     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1352.2008.00025.x     Document Type: Article

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