¡No hay ningún santo aqui! (There are no saints here!): Symbolic language within Santería

Journal of the American Academy of Religion

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 21-41

  Clark, Mary Ann ^a,b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 66349109785     PISSN: 00027189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jaar/69.1.21     Document Type: Review

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