The little human and the daughter-in-law: Invisibles as seen through the eyes of different kinds of people

Inner Asia

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 197-214

  Delaplace, Grégory ^a   Empson, Rebecca ^b  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Affines; Consanguines; Daughters in law; Humans; Invisibles; Predators; Prey; Seeing vision

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY; CULTURAL HERITAGE; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; CULTURAL TRADITION; KINSHIP;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; MONGOLIA;

EID: 39649096059     PISSN: 14648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/146481707793646476     Document Type: Article

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