Transformations in trade and the constitution of gender and rank in northeast India

American Ethnologist

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 371-399

  Borooah, Romy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumption; Gender; Hill tribe; Labor allocation; Northeast India; Trade

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034343698     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/ae.2000.27.2.371     Document Type: Article

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