Negotiating conflict between personal desires and others' expectations in lives of gujarati women

Ethos

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 489-511

  Raval, Vaishali V ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency; India; Interpersonal conflict; Personhood; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 75649097429     PISSN: 00912131     EISSN: 15481352     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1352.2009.01070.x     Document Type: Article

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