The mother-in-law taboo

Ethnology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 71-97

  Pans, A E M J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Avoidance; Extended households; Matrilocality; Mother in law; Sexual division of labor

Indexed keywords

EID: 11544249492     PISSN: 00141828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3773849     Document Type: Article

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