The play of powers made visible: Magic and dance in New Ireland

Ethnos

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 341-362

  Eves, Richard ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Papua New Guinea; Power; Shamanism; Sorcery

Indexed keywords

EID: 4744341793     PISSN: 00141844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0014184042000260026     Document Type: Article

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