Consuming children and making mothers: Birthday parties, gifts and the pursuit of sameness

Horizontes Antropologicos

Volumn 13, Issue 28, 2007, Pages 263-287

  Clarke, Alison J ^a  

^a Zurich University of Arts   (Austria)

Author keywords

Children's birthday parties; Contemporary motherhood; Gifts; Material culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 38049174395     PISSN: 01047183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0104-71832007000200011     Document Type: Article

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