Wandering hero stories in the southern lowlands of New Guinea: Culture areas, comparison, and history

Cultural Anthropology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 443-473

  Busse, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Comparison; Missionaries; Myth and history; Papua New Guinea; Regional analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844496206     PISSN: 08867356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/can.2005.20.4.443     Document Type: Review

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