Dominant daughters-in-law and submissive mothers-in-law? Cooperation and conflict in South India

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 577-593

  Vera Sanso, Penny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000850673     PISSN: 13590987     EISSN: 14679655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2661149     Document Type: Article

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