Conceptions of nature in Iran science, nationalism, and heteroglossia

Journal of Anthropological Research

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 201-223

  Abe, Satoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conceptions of nature; Environmental awareness; Ethnography; Heteroglossia; Iran; Nationhood; Science

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898043046     PISSN: 00917710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3998/jar.0521004.0069.203     Document Type: Article

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