Manioc beer and meat: Value, reproduction and cosmic substance among the Napo Runa of the Ecuadorian Amazon

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 883-902

  Uzendoski, Michael A ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 28444479816     PISSN: 13590987     EISSN: 14679655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9655.2004.00216.x     Document Type: Article

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