The enactment of ‘tradition’: Albanian constructions of identity, violence and power in times of crisis

Anthropology of Violence and Conflict

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 97-120

  Schwandner Sievers, Stephanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85140535235     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203451861-9     Document Type: Chapter

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