Reconstruction of the ethnographic field sites: Mediating identities: Case study of a Bohra Muslim woman in Lamu (Kenya)

Women's Studies International Forum

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 505-515

  Dossa, Parin A ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0346676845     PISSN: 02775395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-5395(97)00039-3     Document Type: Article

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