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Not without my sister(s) : imagining a moral America in "Kandahar". / Weber, Cynthia.
In: International Feminist Journal of Politics, Vol. 7, No. 3, 2005, p. 358-376.

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Weber, C 2005, 'Not without my sister(s) : imagining a moral America in "Kandahar".', International Feminist Journal of Politics, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 358-376. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616740500161094

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Weber C. Not without my sister(s) : imagining a moral America in "Kandahar". International Feminist Journal of Politics. 2005;7(3):358-376. doi: 10.1080/14616740500161094

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Weber, Cynthia. / Not without my sister(s) : imagining a moral America in "Kandahar". In: International Feminist Journal of Politics. 2005 ; Vol. 7, No. 3. pp. 358-376.

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