Absent powers: Magic and loss in post-socialist Mongolia

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 575-591

  Højer, Lars ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

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EID: 69249156543     PISSN: 13590987     EISSN: 14679655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9655.2009.01574.x     Document Type: Article

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