Standpoint epistemology and the uses of self-reflection in feminist ethnography: Lessons for Rural Sociology

Rural Sociology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 194-214

  Naples, Nancy A ^a   Sachs, Carolyn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California ^*

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EID: 0034049743     PISSN: 00360112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1549-0831.2000.tb00025.x     Document Type: Article

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