Dressed to kill: Clothing as technology of the body in the civil war in sierra leone

Journal of Material Culture

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 495-512

  Richards, Paul ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Battle dress; Civil wars; Moral panic; Shape shifting; Sociology of technique

Indexed keywords

CIVIL WAR; CLOTHING INDUSTRY; MORALITY; WEAPONRY;

SIERRA LEONE;

EID: 72249112194     PISSN: 13591835     EISSN: 14603586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359183509345950     Document Type: Article

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