Against the Odds:Matriliny, land and gender in the Shire Highlands of Malawi

Critique of Anthropology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 189-210

  Peters, Pauline E ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

colonial history; gender; land; Malawi; matriliny

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993737815     PISSN: 0308275X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0308275X9701700205     Document Type: Article

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