Matrifocality and women's power on the Miskito coast

Ethnology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 133-149

  Herlihy, Laura Hobson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Honduras; Kinship; Miskitu women; Power

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL IDENTITY; CULTURAL TRADITION; GENDER ROLE; GLOBAL ECONOMY; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; KINSHIP; WOMENS STATUS;

CENTRAL AMERICA; HONDURAS;

CASTANEA CRENATA;

EID: 48549089907     PISSN: 00141828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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