Women and death on the Isle of Lewis : the cultural management of a life crisis and the maintenance of gendered identity

This study examines the involvement of women in responses to death on Lewis, in the Western Isles, focusing especially on the ways in which individuals are always engaged in a process of maintaining a coherent gendered identity. Several themes are given extended investigation and an attempt has been...

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Main Author: MacDonald, Fiona M.
Published: University of Edinburgh 1999
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.654224