(Re)imagining aging lives: Ethnographic narratives of Muslim women in diaspora

Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 245-272

  Dossa, Parin A ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Diaspora; Ismaili Muslims; Narratives; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010549617     PISSN: 01693816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006659904679     Document Type: Article

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