“two kinds of bioscope”: Practical community concerns and ethnographic film in namibia

Visual Anthropology

Volumn 12, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 137-151

  Biesele, Megan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 6344251570     PISSN: 08949468     EISSN: 15455920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08949468.1999.9966772     Document Type: Article

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