The Amerindian "Man-Woman": Gender, Liminality, and Cultural Continuity

@article{Fulton1992TheA,
  title={The Amerindian "Man-Woman": Gender, Liminality, and Cultural Continuity},
  author={Robert Lester Fulton and Steven W. Anderson},
  journal={Current Anthropology},
  year={1992},
  volume={33},
  pages={603 - 610}
}
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