Refracted knowledge: Viewing families through the prism of social science

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 595-608

  Walker, Alexis J ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Audience; Conceptualization; Knowledge; Methods; Science; Scientific writing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034238269     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2000.00595.x     Document Type: Article

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