Piety as gendered agency: A study of jalaseh ritual discourse in an Urban neighbourhood in iran

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 235-252

  Torab, Azam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 37849185123     PISSN: 13590987     EISSN: 14679655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3034094     Document Type: Article

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