Events of translation: Intertextuality and christian ethnotheologies of change among Guhu-Samane, Papua New Guinea

American Anthropologist

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 576-588

  Handman, Courtney ^a  

^a REED COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

anthropology of Christianity; intertextuality; temporality; translation

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649756225     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: 15481433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1433.2010.01277.x     Document Type: Article

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