Gender, power, and mobility among the Awá-Guajá (Maranhão, Brazil)

Journal of Anthropological Research

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 189-211

  Hernando, Almudena ^a   Politis, Gustavo ^b   Ruibal, Alfredo González ^c   Coelho, Elizabeth Beserra ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL CENTRO DE LA PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

^d Universidad Federal do Maranhão   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aw ; Egalitarian societies; Gender; Guaj ; Personhood; Symbolic power

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960330328     PISSN: 00917710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3998/jar.0521004.0067.203     Document Type: Article

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