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Assuming the merceneary position 扮演雇佣兵的角色

IF 0.6 4区社会学

Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology Pub Date : 2002-09-01 DOI: 10.1080/14442210210001706276

J. Weiner

引用次数: 1

Chrysography Chrysography

IF 0.6 4区社会学

Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology Pub Date : 2002-05-01 DOI: 10.1080/14442210210001706206

B. Maurer

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引用次数: 4

‘Good business’ and the collection of ‘wild lives’ “好生意”和“野生动物”的收藏

IF 0.6 4区社会学

Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology Pub Date : 2001-09-01 DOI: 10.1080/14442210110001706095

Flip VanHelden

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‘Archipelagic culture’ as an exclusionary government discourse in Indonesia “群岛文化”在印尼是一种排他性的政府话语

IF 0.6 4区社会学

Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology Pub Date : 2001-05-01 DOI: 10.1080/14442210110001706015

Greg Acciaoli

引用次数: 1

Blurred boundaries and transformed identities: myth and ritual in the Southern Highlands of Papua New Guinea 模糊的边界和转变的身份:巴布亚新几内亚南部高地的神话和仪式

IF 0.6 4区社会学

Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology Pub Date : 1999-04-01 DOI: 10.1080/03149099909508355

C. Ballard, J. Clark

引用次数: 3

Living with death: understanding respect and respectful understanding on Nuaata, Papua New Guinea 与死亡共存:理解、尊重和尊重的理解——巴布亚新几内亚努阿塔

IF 0.6 4区社会学

Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology Pub Date : 1998-04-01 DOI: 10.1080/03149099809508371

S. Mallett

引用次数: 2

Manapanmirr, In Christmas Spirit Manapanmirr，圣诞精神

IF 0.6 4区社会学

Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.1080/14442213.2013.865640

Victoria Baskin Coffey

引用次数: 1