The poetics of the crocodile: Changing cultural perspectives in Ambonwari

Oceania

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 217-235

  Telban, Borut ^a  

^a Slovene Academy of Sciences and Arts

Author keywords

Cultural change; Landscape; Poetics; Sepik; Song

Indexed keywords

EID: 50049092000     PISSN: 00298077     EISSN: 18344461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1834-4461.2008.tb00038.x     Document Type: Article

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