Gender transgression in colonial and postcolonial Indonesia

Journal of Asian Studies

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 849-879

  Blackwood, Evelyn ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33745856785     PISSN: 00219118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0021911805002251     Document Type: Review

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