"We want empowerment for our women": Transnational feminism, neoliberal citizenship, and the gendering of women's political subjectivity in postconflict South Sudan

Signs

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 627-652

  Erickson, Jennifer ^a   Faria, Caroline ^b  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79956288221     PISSN: 00979740     EISSN: 15456943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/657494     Document Type: Article

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