Structure and substance: Combining 'classic' and 'modern' kinship studies in the Australian western desert

Australian Journal of Anthropology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 18-30

  Dousset, Laurent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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EID: 34247674114     PISSN: 10358811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1835-9310.2005.tb00107.x     Document Type: Article

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