Piety as politics amongst Muslim women in contemporary Sri Lanka

Modern Asian Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 347-375

  Haniffa, Farzana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHNIC CONFLICT; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMINISM; NATIONALISM; NEIGHBORHOOD; VIOLENCE;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA;

EID: 41049089449     PISSN: 0026749X     EISSN: 14698099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0026749X07003137     Document Type: Article

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