Nostalgia and degeneration: The moral economy of drinking in Navajo society

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 3-21

  Quintero, Gilbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Drinking; Narrative; Native Americans; Navajo

Indexed keywords

EID: 9244255404     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/maq.2002.16.1.3     Document Type: Review

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