Sexual violence as the language of border control: Where French feminist and anti-immigrant rhetoric meet

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Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 863-889

  Ticktin, Miriam ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 49249124574     PISSN: 00979740     EISSN: 15456943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/528851     Document Type: Review

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