‘Lobola is here to stay’: rural black women and the contradictory meanings of lobolo in post-apartheid South Africa

Agenda

Volumn 20, Issue 68, 2006, Pages 64-72

  Shope, Janet Hinson ^a  

^a GOUCHER COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

brideprice; gender equality; rural women

Indexed keywords

EID: 85142791718     PISSN: 10130950     EISSN: 2158978X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10130950.2006.9674724     Document Type: Article

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