The intimate city: Violence, gender and ordinary life in Delhi slums

Urban Geography

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 323-342

  Datta, Ayona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

gender violence; India; intimate city; slums; urban citizenship

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955151982     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02723638.2015.1096073     Document Type: Article

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