Virility and violation in the US "war on terrorism"

A Companion to Feminist Geography

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 550-564

  Hannah, Matthew G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

American manhood ideals; American war on terrorism; Human rights violation; Terrorism; Virility

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748272380     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470996898.ch36     Document Type: Chapter

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