Feminist geopolitics revisited: Body counts in Iraq

Professional Geographer

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 35-46

  Hyndman, Jennifer ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Feminist geography; Feminist geopolitics; Iraq; Political geography; Violence

Indexed keywords

FEMINISM; GENDER ISSUE; GEOPOLITICS; POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY; POLITICAL VIOLENCE; POPULAR PROTEST;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAQ; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 33846497978     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9272.2007.00589.x     Document Type: Article

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