Being worthy of protection. The dialectics of gender attributes in Yemen*

Social Anthropology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 145-162

  Vombruck, Gabriele ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84977265122     PISSN: 09640282     EISSN: 14698676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8676.1996.tb00322.x     Document Type: Article

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