Are births just "women's business"? Gift exchange, value, and global volatility in Muslim Senegal

American Ethnologist

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 714-732

  Buggenhagen, Beth ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Circulation; Gender; Islam; Senegal; Value

Indexed keywords

EID: 81155133443     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: 15481425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1425.2011.01332.x     Document Type: Article

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