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Type: BOOK - Published: 1998-01-01 - Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
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Pages: 361
Pages: 361
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Pages: 396
Pages: 396
Type: BOOK - Published: 1981-01-01 - Publisher: Univ of California Press
Menarche and ritual defloration among the Arunta; elopement among the Tiwi.
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Pages: 232
Type: BOOK - Published: 2023-03-14 - Publisher: Princeton University Press
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