Fathers, sons, and the state: Discipline and Punishment in a Wolof Hinterland

Cultural Anthropology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-67

  Perry, Donna L ^a  

^a GETTYSBURG COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Discipline; Generation; Patriarchy; Senegal; State; Violence; Wolof; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 74349120568     PISSN: 08867356     EISSN: 15481360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1360.2009.00026.x     Document Type: Article

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