Fasu solidarity: A case study of kin networks, land tenure, and oil extraction in Kutubu, Papua New Guinea

American Anthropologist

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 101-112

  Gilberthorpe, Emma ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Descent; Extractive industry; Fasu; Kinship; Papua New Guinea

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947701537     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/aa.2007.109.1.101     Document Type: Article

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