Russia's post-communist transformation

International Feminist Journal of Politics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 486-511

  Eichler, Maya ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chechnya; Conscription; Militarization; Militarized masculinity; Patriotic motherhood; Russia; Soldiers' mothers

Indexed keywords

EID: 43249172417     PISSN: 14616742     EISSN: 14684470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616740600945065     Document Type: Review

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