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Gender, Place & Culture
A Journal of Feminist Geography
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The Gender, Place and Culture Jan Monk Distinguished Annual Lecture

The intimate politics of secularism and the headscarf: the mall, the neighborhood, and the public square in Istanbul

La política íntima del secularismo y el pañuelo: el centro comercial, el barrio, y la plaza pública en Estambul

Pages 1-20 | Published online: 12 Dec 2011

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