Milk kinship in Islam. Substance, structure, history

Social Anthropology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 307-329

  Parkes, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 31044454933     PISSN: 09640282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0964028205001564     Document Type: Article

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