Christianity, tradition, and everyday modernity: Towards an anatomy of women's groupings in Melanesia

Oceania

Volumn 74, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 6-23

  Douglas, Bronwen ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 3042829809     PISSN: 00298077     EISSN: 18344461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1834-4461.2003.tb02833.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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