What makes a man? Rereading Naven and The Gender of the Gift, 2004

Anthropological Theory

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 219-232

  Lipset, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Constructivism; Feminism; Gender; Gregory Bateson; Marilyn Strathern; Masculinity; Melanesia

Indexed keywords

EID: 60949758263     PISSN: 14634996     EISSN: 17412641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1463499608093812     Document Type: Review

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