Gender, power, and the performance of justice: Muslim women's responses to domestic violence in Kazakhstan

American Ethnologist

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 294-311

  Snajdr, Edward ^a  

^a JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Activism; Domestic violence; Gender; Islam; Law; Power

Indexed keywords

EID: 19744372578     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/ae.2005.32.2.294     Document Type: Article

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