Whiteness is from another world: Gender, Icelandic international development and multiculturalism

European Journal of Women's Studies

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 41-54

  Loftsdóttir, Kristín ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Eurocentrism; Gender; Muslims; Nationalism; Peacekeeping; Postcolonial theory; Racism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857711291     PISSN: 13505068     EISSN: 14617420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350506811425837     Document Type: Article

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