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Thick Resistance

Death and the Cultural Construction of Agency in Himalayan Mountaineering

Bibliographic Data

ID4369730
AuthorsB Ortner (0000-0003-3391-9403, corresponding author), Sherry B Ortner
Year1997
Volume59
Pages135-162
Publication date1997-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueRepresentations (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0734-6018 • E-ISSN: 1533-855X
PublisherUniversity of California Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2307/2928818
OpenAlexW2076218664
LanguageEN
Citations received92
References cited14

Agency (philosophy · Archaeology · Biology · Citation · Download · Geography · Icon · Mountaineering · Resistance (ecology · Social science · Sociology · World Wide Web · Computer Science · Diversity and Impact of Dance · Geographies of human-animal interactions · History · Philippine History and Culture · South Asian Studies and Conflicts · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies · Ecology

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Unique citing works64
Citations per year3,29
Citation span1998 - 2026 (29)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 81

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