Lynching and states of fear in urban Mexico

Anthropologica

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 301-312

  Binford, Leigh ^a   Churchhill, Nancy ^a  

^a BENEMÉRITA UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE PUEBLA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Neoliberalism; Popular justice; State and society; Urban mexico

Indexed keywords

EID: 73049111527     PISSN: 00035459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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