Contesting Miss South Sudan: Gender and nation-building in diasporic discourse

International Feminist Journal of Politics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 222-243

  Faria, Caroline ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Beauty queens; Diaspora; Gender; Nationalism; Sudan

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952141888     PISSN: 14616742     EISSN: 14684470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616741003665268     Document Type: Review

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