The matrifocal family in Iberia: Spain and Portugal compared

Ethnology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 13-30

  Brøgger, Jan ^a   Gilmore, David D ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Family; Gender; Honor and shame; Iberia; Matrifocality

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FAMILY RELATIONS; MATRIFOCAL FAMILY; RURAL AREA;

PORTUGAL; SPAIN;

EID: 0031393105     PISSN: 00141828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3773933     Document Type: Article

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