Western feminisms and the 'War on Terror'

Feminist Theory

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 169-185

  Thobani, Sunera ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Feminism; Race; War on terror; Whiteness

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547490644     PISSN: 14647001     EISSN: 17412773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1464700107078140     Document Type: Article

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