International human rights, gender- based violence, and local discourses of abuse in postconflict Liberia: A problem of "culture"?

African Studies Review

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 119-146

  Abramowitz, Sharon ^a   Moran, Mary H ^b  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b Center for Language and Brain   (United States)

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EID: 84867088889     PISSN: 00020206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/arw.2012.0037     Document Type: Article

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