Cacao beans and chili peppers: Gender socialization in the cosmology of a Yucatec Maya curing ceremony

Sex Roles

Volumn 39, Issue 7-8, 1998, Pages 603-642

  Faust, Betty Bernice ^a,b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA APLICADA   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

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EID: 0032271873     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1018895714833     Document Type: Article

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