'Becoming beautiful in the dance': On the formation of Ethical modalities of being in Yap, Federated States of Micronesia

Oceania

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 179-201

  Throop, C Jason ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural phenomenology; Dance; Ethical modes of being; Yap

Indexed keywords

EID: 69649096866     PISSN: 00298077     EISSN: 18344461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1834-4461.2009.tb00058.x     Document Type: Article

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