The Reach of a Skirt in Southern Africa: Claims to Law and Custom in Protecting and Patrolling Relations of Gender and Sexuality

Phillips, O. 2019. The Reach of a Skirt in Southern Africa: Claims to Law and Custom in Protecting and Patrolling Relations of Gender and Sexuality. in: Miller, Alice M. and Roseman, Mindy J. (ed.) Beyond Virtue and Vice: Rethinking Human Rights and Criminal Law Philadelphia, Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania Press. pp. 134-157

Chapter titleThe Reach of a Skirt in Southern Africa: Claims to Law and Custom in Protecting and Patrolling Relations of Gender and Sexuality
AuthorsPhillips, O.
EditorsMiller, Alice M. and Roseman, Mindy J.
KeywordsClothing, Criminal Law, Custom, Gender, Human Rights, Inter-Racial Sex, Law,Mini-Skirt, National Identity, Performativity, Post-Colonial,Protest,Race, Sexual Propriety,Sexuality, Social Media,Tradition, Zimbabwe
Book titleBeyond Virtue and Vice: Rethinking Human Rights and Criminal Law
Page range134-157
Year2019
PublisherUniversity of Pennsylvania Press
Publication dates
Published in print21 Jan 2019
Place of publicationPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
SeriesPennsylvania Studies in Human Rights
ISBN9780812251081

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