The modernity of milk kinship

Social Anthropology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 287-304

  Clarke, Morgan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Islam; Kinship; Middle East; Substance

Indexed keywords

EID: 41649091195     PISSN: 09640282     EISSN: 14698676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0964-0282.2007.00022.x     Document Type: Article

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