Breaking the stones: Ritual, gender and modernity in North Ambrym, Vanuatu

Anthropological Forum

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 39-54

  Patterson, Mary ^a  

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EID: 33644844374     PISSN: 00664677     EISSN: 14692902     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00664670120044082     Document Type: Article

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