The elephant in the living room that no one wants to talk about: Why U.S. anthropologists are unable to acknowledge the end of culture

Anthropology and Education Quarterly

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 82-95

  Tanaka, Greg ^a  

^a Pacific Oaks College   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture concept; Soul; Subjectivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 73349130449     PISSN: 01617761     EISSN: 15481492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1492.2009.01029.x     Document Type: Article

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