Politics, gender, and time in Melanesia and Aboriginal Australia

Ethnology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 101-121

  Silverman, Eric Kline ^a  

^a DEPAUW UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aboriginal Australia; Gender; Iatmul; Melanesia; Politics; Time

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010101236     PISSN: 00141828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3774078     Document Type: Article

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