'To whom does ameena belong?': Towards a feminist analysis of childhood and nationhood in contemporary india

Feminist Review

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 26-60

  Mankekar, Purnima ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Childhood; Feminist analysis; Gender; Modernity; Nationalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 21744447113     PISSN: 01417789     EISSN: 14664380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/fr.1997.14     Document Type: Article

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