Introduction

Critique of Anthropology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 125-146

  Peters, Pauline E ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84993824990     PISSN: 0308275X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0308275X9701700202     Document Type: Article

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