Friendship in practice: Girls' work in the Indian Himalayas

American Ethnologist

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 482-498

  Dyson, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

children; cultural production; friendship; Himalayas; India; social reproduction; work; youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954705582     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: 15481425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1425.2010.01267.x     Document Type: Article

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