Companionate marriage in India: The changing marriage system in a middle-class Brahman subcaste

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 736-754

  Fuller, C J ^a   Narasimhan, Haripriya ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 56049105415     PISSN: 13590987     EISSN: 14679655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9655.2008.00528.x     Document Type: Article

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