‘I lied, i farted, i stole…’: Dignity and morality in african discourses on personhood

The Ethnography of Moralities

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 49-73

  Jacobson Widding, Anita ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203974193-10     Document Type: Chapter

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