Places and spirits in a Sepik society

Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 17-33

  Telban, Borut ^a   Vávrová, Daniela ^a  

^a ANTON MELIK GEOGRAPHICAL INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Bush spirits; Charismatic movement; Landscape; Papua new guinea; Taboo places

Indexed keywords

EID: 76049093337     PISSN: 14442213     EISSN: 17409314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14442210903499400     Document Type: Article

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