Acknowledging Afghanistan: Notes and queries on an occupation

Cultural Dynamics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 293-311

  Daulatzai, Anila ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Afghanistan; Feminism; Gender and suffering; International aid institutions; Post war reconstruction

Indexed keywords

FEMINISM; GENDER ISSUE; INTERNATIONAL AID; POST-WAR; WOMENS STATUS;

AFGHANISTAN; ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33845266690     PISSN: 09213740     EISSN: 14617048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0921374006071616     Document Type: Article

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