"Spoiled sons" and "sincere daughters": schooling, security, and empowerment in rural West Bengal, India

Signs

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 283-308

  Da Costa, Dia ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 49249118552     PISSN: 00979740     EISSN: 15456943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/521053     Document Type: Review

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