'The kite is tied to you': Custom, Christianity, and organization among Kanak women of Drueulu, Lifou, New Caledonia

Oceania

Volumn 74, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 81-97

  Paini, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

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EID: 3042541046     PISSN: 00298077     EISSN: 18344461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1834-4461.2003.tb02837.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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