Women, pigs, god and evolution: Social and economic change among Kubo people of Papua New Guinea

Oceania

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 47-60

  Minnegal, Monica ^a   Dwyer, Peter D ^a  

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EID: 0031536514     PISSN: 00298077     EISSN: 18344461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1834-4461.1997.tb02641.x     Document Type: Article

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