Cameras and other gadgets. Reflections on fieldwork experiences in socialist and post-socialist Hungarian communities

Social Anthropology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 169-187

  Kürti, László ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISKOLC   (Hungary)

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EID: 84937186291     PISSN: 09640282     EISSN: 14698676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8676.1999.tb00188.x     Document Type: Article

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