Re-imagining inanna: The gendered reappropriation of the ancient goddess in modern goddess worship

Pomegranate

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 53-69

  Thomas, Paul ^a  

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EID: 65849479273     PISSN: 15280268     EISSN: 17431735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1558/pome.6.1.53.31683     Document Type: Article

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