Pagodas and Prophets: Contesting Sacred Space and Power among Buddhist Karen in Karen State
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Asian Studies
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0021-9118,1752-0401
DOI: 10.1017/s0021911811001574