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“Life Without Line Dancing and the Other Activities Would be Too Dreadful to Imagine”: An Increase in Social Activity for Older Women

Krishnavelli Nadasen Department of Anthropology/Sociology, University of the Western Cape, Private Bag x17, Bellville, 7535, South AfricaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 329-342 | Published online: 11 Oct 2008

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