'Every coward's choice'? Political objection to military service in apartheid South Africa as sexual citizenship

Citizenship Studies

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 25-45

  Conway, Daniel ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APARTHEID; CITIZENSHIP; GENDER ISSUE; HOMOSEXUALITY;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 1642633155     PISSN: 13621025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1362102042000178418     Document Type: Article

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