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- ↑ Fine-Dare, Kathleen S. (March 2016). "With the Saraguros: The Blended Life in a Transnational World. David Syring. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2014. 150 pp.: Book Reviews". The Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology. 21 (1): 201–202. doi:10.1111/jlca.12204.
- ↑ Huarcaya, Sergio Miguel (May 2017). "David Syring , With the Saraguros: The Blended Life in a Transnational World (Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2014), pp. ix + 161, $55.00; £36.00, hb". Journal of Latin American Studies. 49 (2): 427–429. doi:10.1017/S0022216X17000347.
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