Victor Turner and contemporary cultural performance: An introduction

Victor Turner and Contemporary Cultural Performance

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1-37

  St John, Graham ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b School of Advanced Research   (United States)

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