Interrogating the political: feminist peace activism in Sri Lanka

Feminist Review

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 81-93

  De Alwis, Malathi ^a,b  

^a International Centre for Ethnic Studies   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Feminist peace activism; Grief; Maternalism; Sri Lanka; The political; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 62449276513     PISSN: 01417789     EISSN: 14664380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/fr.2008.52     Document Type: Review

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