Standing in the shadows: Of matrilocality and the role of women in a village election in northern Thailand

American Ethnologist

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 136-153

  Bowie, Katherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Elections; Matrilineages; Matrilocality; Politics; Public sphere; Thailand; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 77349100396     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: 15481425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1425.2008.00010.x     Document Type: Review

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