The institutional maintenance of celibacy

Current Anthropology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 321-328

  Qirko, Hector ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

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EID: 21044457292     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/339380     Document Type: Article

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