Becoming modern in Malaysia: Women at the end of the twentieth century

Women in Asia: Tradition, Modernity and Globalisation

Volumn , Issue , 2020, Pages 16-38

  Stivens, Maifa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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EID: 85090935135     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781003118411-2     Document Type: Chapter

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