'Beyond being': Emergent narratives of suffering in Vietnam

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'Beyond being' : Emergent narratives of suffering in Vietnam. / Gammeltoft, Tine.

In: Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Vol. 12, No. 3, 01.09.2006, p. 589-605.

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Harvard

Gammeltoft, T 2006, ''Beyond being': Emergent narratives of suffering in Vietnam', Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 589-605. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9655.2006.00354.x

APA

Gammeltoft, T. (2006). 'Beyond being': Emergent narratives of suffering in Vietnam. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 12(3), 589-605. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9655.2006.00354.x

Vancouver

Gammeltoft T. 'Beyond being': Emergent narratives of suffering in Vietnam. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute. 2006 Sep 1;12(3):589-605. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9655.2006.00354.x

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Gammeltoft, Tine. / 'Beyond being' : Emergent narratives of suffering in Vietnam. In: Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute. 2006 ; Vol. 12, No. 3. pp. 589-605.

Bibtex

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