'The trial': A parody of the law amid the mockery of men in post-colonial Papua New Guinea

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 63-89

  Lipset, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 24644462714     PISSN: 13590987     EISSN: 14679655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9655.2004.00180.x     Document Type: Review

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