Millennial capitalism, occult economies, and the crisis of reproduction in South Africa: Further notes from the postcolony

Religion and Sexuality in Cross-Cultural Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 223-250

  Jean, ^a   Comaroff, John L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203954003     Document Type: Chapter

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