Babies, bodies, and the production of personhood in North America and a native Amazonian society

Ethos

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 657-694

  Conklin, Beth A ^a   Morgan, Lynn M ^a  

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EID: 0030524831     PISSN: 00912131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/eth.1996.24.4.02a00040     Document Type: Article

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