Kuru Truths: Obtaining Fore Narratives

Field Methods

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 21-42

  Beasley, Annette N ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

ethics; narrative; oral memory; translation; truth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84996244392     PISSN: 1525822X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1525822X05280177     Document Type: Article

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