Mobilizing mothers for war: Cross-national framing strategies in Nicaragua's Contra War

Gender and Society

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 715-734

  De Volo, Lorraine Bayard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Framing; Mothers; Nicaragua; War; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 9544233537     PISSN: 08912432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891243204268328     Document Type: Article

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