Alternative kinship, marriage, and reproduction

Annual Review of Anthropology

Volumn 37, Issue , 2008, Pages 375-389

  Levine, Nancy E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Family; Gay; Lesbian; New reproductive technologies

Indexed keywords

FAMILY STRUCTURE; KINSHIP; MARRIAGE; REPRODUCTION; SEXUALITY;

EID: 55349119208     PISSN: 00846570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.anthro.37.081407.085120     Document Type: Review

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