Bodies, state discipline, and the performance of gender in a South African women's prison

A Companion to Feminist Geography

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 350-362

  Dirsuweit, Teresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Feminized normality; Gender resistance; Performance of gender; South african women's prison; State discipline

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955416791     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470996898.ch24     Document Type: Chapter

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