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Richard Baxstrom

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Richard Baxstrom is Professor of Anthropology and the Humanities at the University of Edinburgh.

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	Realizing the Witch: Science, Cinema, and the Mastery of the Invisible by Richard Baxstrom (Goodreads Author), Todd Meyers 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2015 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Houses in Motion: The Experience of Place and the Problem of Belief in Urban Malaysia really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2008 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Anthropology and Film by Richard Baxstrom (Goodreads Author), Alan Barnard (Series Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cinema thinking affect: the hustler's soft magic.(adolescence in film)(Critical Essay): An article from: Parachute: Contemporary Art Magazine by Todd Meyers, Richard Baxstrom (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Roots of American Individualism: Political Myth in the Age of Jackson

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