The politics of Eros: Ritual dialogue and egalitarianism in three Central African hunter-gatherer societies

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 697-715

  Finnegan, Morna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84887028385     PISSN: 13590987     EISSN: 14679655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9655.12060     Document Type: Article

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