Friendship and flirting: Micro-politics in kerala, South India

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 189-206

  Osella, Caroline ^a,b   Osella, Filippo ^a,b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0141583697     PISSN: 13590987     EISSN: 14679655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3034499     Document Type: Article

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