Bodies, categories and ambivalence: fieldwork with Romanian victims of human trafficking

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Bodies, categories and ambivalence: fieldwork with Romanian victims of human trafficking. / Korsby, Trine Mygind.

2011. Abstract from The Material Culture (Re)Turn in Anthropology: Promises and Dead-ends.
8th conference of the Society for Cultural Anthropology from Romania, Bucharest, Romania.

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Korsby, TM 2011, 'Bodies, categories and ambivalence: fieldwork with Romanian victims of human trafficking', The Material Culture (Re)Turn in Anthropology: Promises and Dead-ends.
8th conference of the Society for Cultural Anthropology from Romania, Bucharest, Romania, 22/09/2011 - 25/09/2011.

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Korsby, T. M. (2011). Bodies, categories and ambivalence: fieldwork with Romanian victims of human trafficking. Abstract from The Material Culture (Re)Turn in Anthropology: Promises and Dead-ends.
8th conference of the Society for Cultural Anthropology from Romania, Bucharest, Romania.

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Korsby TM. Bodies, categories and ambivalence: fieldwork with Romanian victims of human trafficking. 2011. Abstract from The Material Culture (Re)Turn in Anthropology: Promises and Dead-ends.
8th conference of the Society for Cultural Anthropology from Romania, Bucharest, Romania.

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Korsby, Trine Mygind. / Bodies, categories and ambivalence: fieldwork with Romanian victims of human trafficking. Abstract from The Material Culture (Re)Turn in Anthropology: Promises and Dead-ends.
8th conference of the Society for Cultural Anthropology from Romania, Bucharest, Romania.

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