All the men are fighting for freedom, all the women are mourning their men, but some of us carried guns: A raced-gendered analysis of Fanon's psychological perspectives on war

Signs

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 857-884

  White, Aaronette M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34249878193     PISSN: 00979740     EISSN: 15456943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/513021     Document Type: Article

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