The power paradox in Muslim women's majales: North-west Pakistani mourning rituals as sites of contestation over religious politics, ethnicity, and gender

Signs

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 362-428

  Hegland, Mary Elaine ^a  

^a SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1086/495257     Document Type: Article

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