Mothering, work, and gender in urban Asante ideology and practice

American Anthropologist

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 717-729

  Clark, Gracia ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asante; Gender; Parenting; Traders; Work

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033473690     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/aa.1999.101.4.717     Document Type: Article

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