Women's anti-imperialism, "the white man's burden," and the philippine-american war: Theorizing masculinist ambivalence in protest

Gender and Society

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 244-270

  Murphy, Erin L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Class; Contentious politics; Gender; Intersectionality; Masculinist ambivalence; Race; Social movements

Indexed keywords

EID: 63849313520     PISSN: 08912432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891243209333791     Document Type: Article

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