Property as negotiation: Some aspects of kinship and gender in North India

Indian Journal of Gender Studies

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-22

  Jain, Shobhita ^a  

^a INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY   (India)

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EID: 34247683473     PISSN: 09715215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/097152159600300101     Document Type: Article

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