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Anthropology Today

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 9-13

  Loftsdóttir, Kristín ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

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EID: 78649790247     PISSN: 0268540X     EISSN: 14678322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8322.2010.00769.x     Document Type: Article

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