Models of 'the body' in the ethnographic field: Garífuna and candomblé case studies

Method and Theory in the Study of Religion

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 170-195

  Johnson, Paul Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

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EID: 70449903276     PISSN: 09433058     EISSN: 15700682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/15700680260191752     Document Type: Article

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