The politics of conversion: The case of an aboriginal Formosan village

Anthropos

Volumn 91, Issue 4-6, 1996, Pages 425-439

  Huang, Shiun Wey ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ETHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aborigines; Ami; Local dialogues; Political event; Religious conversion; Taiwan Formosa

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040753591     PISSN: 02579774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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