Lineal masculinity: Gendered memory within patriliny

American Ethnologist

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 323-336

  King, Diane E ^a   Linda, Stone ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Identity; Kinship; Lineage theory; Masculinity; Memory; Patriliny

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952733668     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: 15481425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1425.2010.01258.x     Document Type: Article

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