Violence, gender, and subjectivity

Annual Review of Anthropology

Volumn 37, Issue , 2008, Pages 283-299

  Das, Veena ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consent; Contract; Domestic; Militarization; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

GENDER ISSUE; MORTALITY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUALITY; VIOLENCE;

EID: 55349093333     PISSN: 00846570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.anthro.36.081406.094430     Document Type: Review

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