Modest women, deceptive Jinn: Identity, alterity, and diseases in Eastern Sudan

Identities

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 143-174

  Fadlalla, Amal Hassan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Embodiment; Fertility; Gender; Health; Identity; Sudan

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL IDENTITY; GENDER; HEALTH AND DISEASE; WOMENS STATUS;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SUDAN;

EID: 32144460296     PISSN: 1070289X     EISSN: 15473384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10702890490950556     Document Type: Article

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