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TITLE: |
Betel mania, from culture to cancer : digestive and discursive uses of the betel nut (areca catechu) in Guam / Anne Perez Hattori |
KEY TITLE: |
Pacific Studies v. 41 no. 3 - Dec. (2018). |
ADDED TITLE: |
Digestive and discursive uses of the betel nut (Areca Catechu) in Guam. |
SERIES: |
Serials articles (Pac.) |
PUBLISHED: |
2019. |
DESCRIPTION: |
p. 199-320 ; 22 cm. |
NOTES: |
In: Pacific Studies, vol. 41 no. 3, 2018, pp. 199-320. (Pac.Per.DU1.P38 2018 v. 41:3). |
NOTES: |
"Chewed in the Maianas for centuries pugua, known scientifically as Areca catechu and colloquially as betel nut, is the world's fourth most commonly used pychoactive after tobacco, alcohol, and caffeine-containing beverages..This paper uses a range of sources to examine the historical use of pagua on the island, |
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Specifically reflecting upon tensios of race, and culture as they play out in twenty-first Century Guam. |
SUBJECT: |
Betel Nut--Guam. |
SUBJECT: |
Betel Nut--History. |
ADDED ENTRY: |
Hattori, Anne Perez |
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