Reconstituting selves in the Karachi conflict: Mohajir women survivors and structural violence

Cultural Dynamics

Volumn 16, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 259-290

  Chaudhry, Lubna Nazir ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency; Conflict; Karachi; Mohajir; Structural violence; Women

Indexed keywords

GENDER RELATIONS; POST-COLONIALISM; VIOLENCE; WOMENS STATUS;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; KARACHI; PAKISTAN; SIND; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 7244257489     PISSN: 09213740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0921374004047751     Document Type: Article

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