Wild gods, containing wombs and moving pots: Emplacement and transience in Watchi belonging*

Locality and Belonging

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 53-77

  Lovell, Nadia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85139366836     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203450802-4     Document Type: Chapter

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