Remembering natural disaster: Politics and culture of memorials in Gujarat and Sri Lanka

Anthropology Today

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 6-12

  Simpson, Edward ^a   de Alwis, Malathi ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b International Centre for Ethnic Studies   (Sri Lanka)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

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EID: 65349142618     PISSN: 0268540X     EISSN: 14678322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8322.2008.00599.x     Document Type: Article

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