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Death, Memory, and Language: New Approaches to History in Lowland South American Anthropology

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THE LAST CANNIBALS: A SOUTH AMERICAN ORAL HISTORY. By BassoEllen B. (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1995. Pp. 319. $40.00 cloth, $19.95 paper.)
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Janet M. Chernela
Janet M. Chernela*
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Latin American Research Review , Volume 33 , Issue 1 , 1998 , pp. 167 - 192
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