Vernacularization on the ground: Local uses of global women's rights in Peru, China, India and the United States

Global Networks

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 441-461

  Levitt, Peggy ^a   Merry, Sally ^b  

^a WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Circulation; Gender; Global culture; Human rights; Vernacularization; Women's rights

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION; GENDER; GLOBAL CULTURE; HUMAN RIGHTS; VERNACULARIZATION; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

RESEARCH;

LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

CULTURE; GENDER ROLE; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN RIGHTS; RESEARCH WORK; SOCIAL MOVEMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; WOMENS STATUS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; INDIA; NORTH AMERICA; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTH ASIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69249115700     PISSN: 14702266     EISSN: 14710374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0374.2009.00263.x     Document Type: Article

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