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The Study of Gender in Culture

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Cragin, B., Simonds, W. (2006). The Study of Gender in Culture. In: Handbook of the Sociology of Gender. Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research. Springer, Boston, MA . https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-36218-5_10

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