Writing culture and writing fieldwork: The proliferation of experimental and experiential ethnographies

Ethnos

Volumn 61, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 177-206

  Poewe, Karla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

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EID: 84937278924     PISSN: 00141844     EISSN: 1469588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00141844.1996.9981535     Document Type: Article

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