Adjudicating pluralism: The Hijab, law and social change in post-colonial Trinidad

Social and Legal Studies

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 435-452

  Mahabir, Cynthia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Fundamentalism; Hijab; Islam; Liberalism; Pluralism; Toleration; Trinidad

Indexed keywords

EID: 10044247239     PISSN: 09646639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0964663904047327     Document Type: Review

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