The sexual subaltern in conversations "somewhere in between": Law and the old politics of colonialism

Feminist Legal Studies

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 53-77

  Krishnadas, Jane ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colonialism; Cultural relativism; Feminist theory; Homosexuality; Human rights; Postcolonialism; Sex work; Sexual subaltern; Trafficking; Transnational migrant; Universalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747886424     PISSN: 09663622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10691-006-9014-1     Document Type: Review

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