Concealment, confession, and innovation in Kwaio women's taboos

American Ethnologist

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 381-400

  Akin, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Confession; Gender relations; Melanesia; Menstruation; Religious change; Taboo

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141918632     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/ae.2003.30.3.381     Document Type: Article

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