No past, no present: A critical-Nayaka perspective on cultural remembering

American Ethnologist

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 406-421

  Bird David, Nurit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cultural remembering; History; Hunter gatherers; Nayaka; Past; Spirit possession; Time

Indexed keywords

EID: 6344233719     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/ae.2004.31.3.406     Document Type: Review

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