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Laibon : an Anthropologist's Journey with Samburu Diviners of Kenya.

Elliot Fratkin shares the story of his early anthropological fieldwork in Kenya in the 1970s. Using his fieldnotes and letters home to bring to life the voices of those he met, Fratkin invites the reader to experience his cross-cultural friendships with the enigmatic laibon (a diviner and healer of...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fratkin, Elliot M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, 2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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