Sovasova and the problem of sameness: Converging interpretive frameworks for making sense of HIV and AIDS in the trobriand islands

Oceania

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 12-28

  Lepani, Katherine ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; HIV AIDS; Illness; Kinship; Papua New Guinea; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248545894     PISSN: 00298077     EISSN: 18344461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1834-4461.2007.tb00002.x     Document Type: Article

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