Through Ngoni eyes: Margaret Read's matrilineal interpretations from Nyasaland

Critique of Anthropology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 147-169

  Brantley, Cynthia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonial history; Gender; Malawi; Margaret Read; Matriliny; Nutrition; Nyasaland

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040007504     PISSN: 0308275X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0308275X9701700203     Document Type: Article

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