In place and at home in the city: Connecting privilege, safety and belonging for women in Toronto

Gender, Place and Culture

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 357-377

  Kern, Leslie ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; SAFETY; SUBURBAN AREA; URBAN SOCIETY; WOMENS STATUS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO; TORONTO; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 24744464076     PISSN: 0966369X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09663690500202590     Document Type: Article

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