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Anthropology Today

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 22-26

  Herzfeld, Michael ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 80053554188     PISSN: 0268540X     EISSN: 14678322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8322.2011.00829.x     Document Type: Article

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