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Book Title: Truth In Motion: The Recursive Anthropology Of Cuban Divinat...
Item Length: 9in
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Author: Martin Holbraad
Publication Name: Truth in Motion : the Recursive Anthropology of Cuban Divination
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication Year: 2012
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 17.1 Oz
Number of Pages: 344 Pages