Constructing gender and local morality: Exchange practices in a Javanese village

Indonesia and the Malay World

Volumn 32, Issue 94, 2004, Pages 315-329

  Asmussen, Vibeke ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL TRADITION; GENDER IDENTITY; GENDER ROLE; GOODS EXCHANGE;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; JAVA; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUNDA ISLES; WORLD;

EID: 15744391003     PISSN: 13639811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13639810500031020     Document Type: Article

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