Changing old habits: Dress of women religious and its relationship to personal and social identity

Sociological Inquiry

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 350-363

  Michelman, Susan O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

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EID: 0031479485     PISSN: 00380245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-682X.1997.tb01101.x     Document Type: Article

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