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Gender, Place & Culture
A Journal of Feminist Geography
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‘It's the sugar, the honey that you have’: learning to be natural through rumba in Cuba

‘Es el azúcar, la miel que tienes’: aprender a ser natural a través de la rumba en Cuba

Pages 195-215 | Published online: 07 Mar 2011

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