Ambivalent narrations: Pursuing the political through traumatic storytelling

Political and Legal Anthropology Review

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 72-89

  Colvin, Christopher J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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EID: 78049338370     PISSN: 10816976     EISSN: 15552934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/pol.2004.27.1.72     Document Type: Article

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