Conceiving modernity: Discourses on reproduction in a community of tibetan refugees conceiving modernity

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 175-192

  Ward, Shannon ^a  

^a WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Nationalism; Reproductive health; Tibet

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880168120     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: 15481387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/maq.12022     Document Type: Article

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