Essential others: Anthropology and the return of the old savage

International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy

Volumn 29, Issue , 2009, Pages 60-72

  Hazan, Haim ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Elderly people; Society

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950722647     PISSN: 0144333X     EISSN: 17586720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443330910934727     Document Type: Article

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