Graves, ruins, and belonging: Towards an anthropology of proximity

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 706-727

  Fontein, Joost ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 80955151984     PISSN: 13590987     EISSN: 14679655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9655.2011.01715.x     Document Type: Article

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