The hidden lion: Tswapong girls' puberty rituals and the problem of history

American Ethnologist

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 441-458

  Werbner, Pnina ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 76449092037     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: 15481425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1425.2009.01172.x     Document Type: Article

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