Movement frames and African women's explanations for opposing female genital cutting

International Journal of Comparative Sociology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 435-465

  Boyle, Heger Elizabeth ^a   Carbone López, Kristin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Female genital cutting; Frame resonance; Neo institutionalism

Indexed keywords

HUMAN RIGHTS; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; SOCIAL MOVEMENT; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; WOMENS STATUS;

AFRICA;

EID: 33751559003     PISSN: 00207152     EISSN: 17452554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020715206070266     Document Type: Article

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