Emulating and/or embodying the ideal: The gendering of temporal frameworks and Islamic role models in Shi'i Lebanon

American Ethnologist

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 242-257

  Deeb, Lara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 76249105211     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: 15481425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1425.2009.01133.x     Document Type: Article

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