Between public assertion and private doubts. A Sepik ritual of healing and reflexivity

Social Anthropology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 11-21

  Lewis, Gilbert ^a  

^a ST JOHN S COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33847628939     PISSN: 09640282     EISSN: 14698676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8676.2002.tb00043.x     Document Type: Article

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