Woman-to-woman marriage: Practices and benefits in Sub-Saharan Africa

Journal of Comparative Family Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 88-98

  Jean Cadigan, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MARRIAGE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0032428909     PISSN: 00472328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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