When culture is not a system: Why samoan cultural brokers can not do their job

Ethnos

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 533-558

  Gershon, Ilana ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural mediators; Migrants; Political representation; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845299201     PISSN: 00141844     EISSN: 1469588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00141840601050700     Document Type: Article

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