Do women participate in riots? Exploring the notion of 'militancy' among Hindu women

Nationalism and Ethnic Politics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 20-51

  Menon, Usha ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IDEOLOGY; POPULAR PROTEST; VIOLENCE; WOMENS STATUS;

INDIA;

EID: 0141794299     PISSN: 13537113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13537110412331301345     Document Type: Article

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