Meeting at the edge of fear: Theory on a world scale

Feminist Theory

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 49-66

  Connell, Raewyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Feminism; gender; global South; postcolonial; theory; violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925587948     PISSN: 14647001     EISSN: 17412773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1464700114562531     Document Type: Article

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