Constructing identities: Culture, women's agency and the Muslim world

International Social Science Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 159, 1999, Pages 61-73

  Shaheed, Farida ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CULTURAL IDENTITY; RELIGION; WOMENS ORGANIZATION; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 0032976252     PISSN: 00208701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2451.00177     Document Type: Article

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