Challenging demography: Contributions from feminist theory

Sociological Forum

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 369-397

  Riley, Nancy E ^a  

^a BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Demography; Feminist theory; Gender

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033197247     PISSN: 08848971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021443401795     Document Type: Article

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