On the limits of life stages in ethnography: Toward a theory of vital conjunctures

American Anthropologist

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 865-880

  Johnson Hanks, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Demography; Life course; Vital conjuncture

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036741008     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/aa.2002.104.3.865     Document Type: Article

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