Coming too close, going too far: Theoretical and cross-cultural approaches to incest and its prohibitions

Australian Journal of Anthropology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 95-115

  Patterson, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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EID: 33845642960     PISSN: 10358811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1835-9310.2005.tb00112.x     Document Type: Article

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