Of heroes and polemics: “The policeman” in urban ethnography

Political and Legal Anthropology Review

Volumn 33, Issue , 2010, Pages 7-31

  Karpiak, Kevin G ^a  

^a EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heroic narrative; Police; Politics of ethnography; Urban anthropology

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955364163     PISSN: 10816976     EISSN: 15552934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1555-2934.2010.01063.x     Document Type: Article

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