Becoming Abject: Rape as a Weapon of War

Body & Society

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 111-128

  Diken, Bülent ^a   Laustsen, Carsten Bagge ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

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EID: 33845247434     PISSN: 1357034X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1357034X05049853     Document Type: Article

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