The ethnographic (g)ambit: Women and the negotiation of masculinity in Mexico City

American Ethnologist

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 833-855

  Gutmann, Matthew C ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Ethnography; Gender difference; Latin America; Masculinity; Methodology; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031325046     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/ae.1997.24.4.833     Document Type: Article

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