Fluid lives: Subjectivities, gender and water in rural Bangladesh

Gender, Place and Culture

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 427-444

  Sultana, Farhana ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Bangladesh; Gender; Subjectivity; Water

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; GENDER RELATIONS; RESOURCE USE; RURAL AREA; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 66849105762     PISSN: 0966369X     EISSN: 13600524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09663690903003942     Document Type: Article

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