Conceptions of parenting in different cultural communities: The case of West African Nso and Northern German women

Social Development

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 158-180

  Keller, Heidi ^a   Voelker, Susanne ^a   Yovsi, Relindis Dzeaye ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Culture; Ethnotheory; Parenting

Indexed keywords

EID: 13244255308     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2005.00295.x     Document Type: Article

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