Living a single life: The plight and adaptations of the bachelors in Yishala

Chinese Kinship: Contemporary Anthropological Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 48-66

  Han, Hua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 84919507076     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203889886     Document Type: Chapter

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