A house turned inside out: Inhabiting space in a Yemeni City

Journal of Material Culture

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 139-172

  Vom Bruck, Gabriele ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body; Gender; Hierarchy; House; Middle East; Space

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642524624     PISSN: 13591835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/135918359700200201     Document Type: Article

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