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Proxy citizenship and transnational advocacy: Colombian activists from Putumayo to Washington, DC

  1. WINIFRED TATE

Article first published online: 6 FEB 2013

DOI: 10.1111/amet.12005

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American Ethnologist

American Ethnologist

Volume 40, Issue 1, pages 55–70, February 2013

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TATE, W. (2013), Proxy citizenship and transnational advocacy: Colombian activists from Putumayo to Washington, DC. American Ethnologist, 40: 55–70. doi: 10.1111/amet.12005

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  1. Department of Anthropology, Colby College, 4701 Mayflower Hill, Waterville, ME 04901, wltate@colby.edu

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