Strathern's Melanesian 'dividual' and the Christian 'individual': A perspective from vanua Lava, Vanuatu

Oceania

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 285-296

  Hess, Sabine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

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EID: 33846318570     PISSN: 00298077     EISSN: 18344461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1834-4461.2006.tb03058.x     Document Type: Article

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