Becoming a man: Personhood and masculinity in a south Indian leprosy colony

Contributions to Indian Sociology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 279-305

  Staples, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER IDENTITY; GENDER RELATIONS; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; LEPROSY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 28944450823     PISSN: 00936502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/006996670503900204     Document Type: Article

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