Engendered encounters: Men of the church and the "church of women" in Maasailand, Tanzania, 1950-1993

Comparative Studies in Society and History

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 758-783

  Hodgson, Dorothy L ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY; GENDER DISPARITY; RELIGION;

TANZANIA;

EID: 0033366809     PISSN: 00104175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0010417599003126     Document Type: Article

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