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To see ourselves as we need to see us: Ethnography's primative turn in the early cold war years

Edwin N. Wilmsen Centre of African Studies, University of Edinburgh; Department of Anthropology, University of Texas
,
Alan Barnard Centre of African Studies, University of Edinburgh
,
Megan Biesele University of Texas
,
Akira Takada Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies (ASAFAS), Kyoto University
&
Owen B. Sichone Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of Pretoria
Pages 20-95 | Published online: 26 Jul 2012

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