Constituting 'women' as citizens: Ambiguities in the making of gendered political subjects in post-apartheid South Africa

(Un)thinking Citizenship: Feminist Debates in Contemporary South Africa

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 21-52

  Manicom, Linzi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315264172-10     Document Type: Chapter

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