Adoption, Emotion, and Identity
An Ethnopsychological Perspective on Kinship and Person in a Micronesian Society
Inbunden, Engelska, 2024
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Produktinformation
- Utgivningsdatum2024-02-02
- Mått152 x 229 x 19 mm
- Vikt430 g
- FormatInbunden
- SpråkEngelska
- SeriePerson, Space and Memory in the Contemporary Pacific
- Antal sidor240
- FörlagBerghahn Books
- ISBN9781805392545