The breakdown of the sex/gender distinction in anthropological discourse

NORA - Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 114-127

  Nilsson, Frida ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 0038631852     PISSN: 08038740     EISSN: 1502394X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08038740.1996.9959695     Document Type: Article

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