Violence, ritual, and reproduction: Culture and context in Surma dueling

Ethnology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 227-242

  Abbink, Jon G ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL TRADITION; GENDER RELATIONS; REPRODUCTION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0032720931     PISSN: 00141828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3773815     Document Type: Article

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