Core versus periphery: Dynamics of personhood over the life-course for a Gujarati Hindu woman

Culture and Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 162-194

  Raval, Vaishali V ^a   Kral, Michael J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Existence; Hindu Indian; Individualism collectivism; Personhood; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042854044     PISSN: 1354067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354067X04040927     Document Type: Article

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