Muslim women's new defenders: Women's rights, nationalism and Islamophobia in contemporary Australia

Women's Studies International Forum

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 290-298

  Ho, Christina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMINISM; HUMAN RIGHTS; ISLAMISM; NATIONALISM; WOMENS STATUS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY;

EID: 34447314498     PISSN: 02775395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2007.05.002     Document Type: Article

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