Cargo cults, cultural creativity, and autonomous imagination

Ethos

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 333-358

  Stephen, Michele ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0031237356     PISSN: 00912131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/eth.1997.25.3.333     Document Type: Article

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