Why ethnography matters: On anthropology and its publics

Cultural Anthropology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 621-646

  Fassin, Didier ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

Author keywords

Audiences; Critical ethnography; Media; Policing; Public ethnography

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885771035     PISSN: 08867356     EISSN: 15481360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cuan.12030     Document Type: Article

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