Reflecting on loss in Papua New Guinea

Ethnos

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 507-532

  Demian, Melissa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Culture loss; Custom; Death; Forgetting; Massim

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845296160     PISSN: 00141844     EISSN: 1469588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00141840601050692     Document Type: Article

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