Eschatological Field Notes: Community Theatre, AIDS, and the Fate of Informant D. in Ilemera, Tanzania.

Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts

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Eschatological Field Notes: Community Theatre, AIDS, and the Fate of Informant D. in Ilemera, Tanzania. / Johansson, Ola.
In: Nordic Theatre Studies, No. 19, 12.2007.

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