Security and Purity: Female Surveillance, Child Vigilantism, and the Moral Policing of Deviant Women in Two Radicalized Indian Slums

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Security and Purity : Female Surveillance, Child Vigilantism, and the Moral Policing of Deviant Women in Two Radicalized Indian Slums. / Sen, Atreyee.

I: Current Anthropology, Bind 59, Nr. 5, 02.10.2018, s. 549-571.

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Sen, A 2018, 'Security and Purity: Female Surveillance, Child Vigilantism, and the Moral Policing of Deviant Women in Two Radicalized Indian Slums', Current Anthropology, bind 59, nr. 5, s. 549-571. <http://10.1086/699898>

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Sen, A. (2018). Security and Purity: Female Surveillance, Child Vigilantism, and the Moral Policing of Deviant Women in Two Radicalized Indian Slums. Current Anthropology, 59(5), 549-571. http://10.1086/699898

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Sen A. Security and Purity: Female Surveillance, Child Vigilantism, and the Moral Policing of Deviant Women in Two Radicalized Indian Slums. Current Anthropology. 2018 okt. 2;59(5):549-571.

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Sen, Atreyee. / Security and Purity : Female Surveillance, Child Vigilantism, and the Moral Policing of Deviant Women in Two Radicalized Indian Slums. I: Current Anthropology. 2018 ; Bind 59, Nr. 5. s. 549-571.

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