Between the home and the world in violent conflict

Gender, Place and Culture

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 771-789

  Pieris, Anoma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

civil war; film; gender; home; homelessness; modernity

Indexed keywords

CIVIL WAR; FILM; GENDER; MODERNITY; POLITICAL VIOLENCE;

SRI LANKA;

EID: 84871188417     PISSN: 0966369X     EISSN: 13600524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0966369X.2012.674922     Document Type: Article

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