The Politics of Gender in Uganda: Symbolism in the Service of Pragmatism

African Studies Review

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 87-104

  Ottemoeller, Dan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 85011457905     PISSN: 00020206     EISSN: 15552462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/525366     Document Type: Article

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