Rethinking agency: Persons and things in the heterotopia of 'traditional Indian craft'

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 78-95

  Venkatesan, Soumhya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 59849106586     PISSN: 13590987     EISSN: 14679655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9655.2008.01531.x     Document Type: Article

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