Embodiment and emotion in Sierra Leone

Third World Quarterly

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1399-1417

  Berghs, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POVERTY; SOCIAL CONFLICT; SOCIAL HISTORY; VIOLENCE;

SIERRA LEONE;

EID: 80052991620     PISSN: 01436597     EISSN: 13602241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2011.604515     Document Type: Article

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