Multiple meanings: Changing conceptions of matrilineal kinship in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Malabar

Indian Economic & Social History Review

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 283-307

  Arunima, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

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EID: 84993730679     PISSN: 00194646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001946469603300303     Document Type: Article

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