Potato ontology: Surviving postsocialism in Russia

Cultural Anthropology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 181-212

  Ries, Nancy ^a  

^a Center for Language and Brain   (United States)

Author keywords

Everyday life; Food; Postsocialism; Russia

Indexed keywords

EID: 77049107134     PISSN: 08867356     EISSN: 15481360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1360.2009.01129.x     Document Type: Article

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