Animism and the meanings of life: Reflections from Amazonia

Animism in Rainforest and Tundra: Personhood, Animals, Plants and Things in Contemporary Amazonia and Siberia

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 69-81

  Rival, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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