Community of struggle: Gender, violence, and resistance on the U.S./Mexico Border

Gender and Society

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 545-567

  Tllez, Michelle ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Globalization; Resistance; Social movements; Transnationalism; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 51049102022     PISSN: 08912432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891243208321020     Document Type: Article

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