Communicational distortion and the constitution of society: Indirection as a form of life

An Anthropology of Indirect Communication

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 19-33

  Rapport, Nigel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203428573-6     Document Type: Chapter

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