The Women's Movement and the Press in India: The Construction of Female Foeticide as a Social Issue

Women's Studies in Communication

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-24

  Luthra, Rashmi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN DEARBORN   (United States)

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EID: 85015999052     PISSN: 07491409     EISSN: 2152999X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07491409.1999.10162559     Document Type: Article

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