Urban geography plenary lecture - Femicide, mother-activism, and the geography of protest in northern Mexico

Urban Geography

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 401-425

  Wright, Melissa W ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMINISM; GENDER ISSUE; POPULAR PROTEST; URBAN GEOGRAPHY; WOMENS ORGANIZATION;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 36348950238     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.28.5.401     Document Type: Article

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