Female spirit cults as a window on gender relations in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 345-360

  Stewart, Pamela J ^a   Strathern, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BELIEFS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHNIC GROUP; FERTILITY; GENDER ISSUES; GENDER RELATIONS; HEALTH; HUMAN RELATION; LITERATURE REVIEW; MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; TABOO;

BELIEFS; CULTURE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FERTILITY; FOLKLORE; GENDER ISSUES; GENDER RELATIONS; HEALTH; LITERATURE REVIEW; MELANESIA; OCEANIA; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; TABOO;

CULTURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FERTILITY; FOLKLORE; HEALTH; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE; TABOO;

EID: 0033185732     PISSN: 13590987     EISSN: 14679655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2661272     Document Type: Article

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