Separate spheres? Beyond the dichotomies of domesticity

Current Anthropology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 666-674

  Rotman, Deborah L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

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EID: 33748581633     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/506286     Document Type: Article

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