The Law’s Gender: Entanglements and Recursions — Three Stories from Sri Lanka
Our essay examines the recursions, rationalities, limits, and promise of the law drawing on three recent cases of women who encountered law enforcement authorities and the courts in Sri Lanka. It provides a strong account of how dominant gender norms are mobilized to determine who is afforded the sa...
Main Authors: | Neloufer de Mel, Dinesha Samararatne |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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International Graduate Centre for the Study of Culture
2017-07-01
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Series: | On_Culture |
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Online Access: | https://www.on-culture.org/journal/issue-3/de-mel-samararatne-laws-gender/ |
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