Making śakti: Controlling (Natural) impurity for female (Cultural) power

Ethos

Volumn 30, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 140-157

  Menon, Usha ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0036961738     PISSN: 00912131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/eth.2002.30.1-2.140     Document Type: Article

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