The making and unmaking of persons: Notes on aging and gender in North India

Ethos

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 279-302

  Lamb, Sarah ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031234517     PISSN: 00912131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/eth.1997.25.3.279     Document Type: Article

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