Notes from a small place: Anthropological blues in the face of global terror

Current Anthropology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 193-221

  Werbner, Pnina ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77949823715     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/651041     Document Type: Article

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