Sick again, well again: Sorcery, christianity and kinship in Northern Aboriginal Australia

Anthropological Forum

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 61-80

  Schwarz, Carolyn ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT POTSDAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Aboriginal Australia; Christianity; Illness; Kinship; Sorcery

Indexed keywords

EID: 76749167589     PISSN: 00664677     EISSN: 14692902     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00664670903524210     Document Type: Article

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