Victimcy, girlfriending, soldiering: Tactic agency in a young woman's social navigation of the liberian war zone

Anthropological Quarterly

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 403-430

  Utas, Mats ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Liberia; Tactic Agency; Victimcy; War zones; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 22544437279     PISSN: 00035491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/anq.2005.0032     Document Type: Review

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