On Pandemic Privilege: Reflections on a “Home‐Bound Pandemic Ethnography”

On Pandemic Privilege: Reflections on a “Home‐Bound Pandemic Ethnography”
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论流行病特权:对“家”束缚的流行病民族志的思考

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10.1002/nad.12150
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2021
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Journal for the Anthropology of North America
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通讯作者:
Horton, Sarah Bronwen
Horton, Sarah Bronwen
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Horton, Sarah Bronwen

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