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Gender and culture at the limit of rights
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- Creator
- edited by Dorothy L. Hodgson
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- First edition
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2011]
- ©2011
- Physical Details
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- vi, 300 pages ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 128389789X, 0812204611, 9780812221428, 9780812243284, 9781283897891, 9780812204612, 0812243285, 0812221427
- OCLC
- ocn696092172, on1004879914, ocn794700596
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [235]-282) and index.
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