The Sharia debate in Ontario: Gender, Islam, and representations of Muslim women's agency

Gender and Society

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 434-454

  Korteweg, Anna C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agency; Ethnicity; Gender; Immigration; Islam; Media

Indexed keywords

EID: 47049087000     PISSN: 08912432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891243208319768     Document Type: Article

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