The Poverty of Truth-Seeking: Postmodernism, Discourse Analysis and Critical Feminism

Theory & Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 313-352

  Miller, Leslie J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

critical feminism; discourse analysis; feminism and post modernism; unity and difference

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034395589     PISSN: 09593543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959354300103002     Document Type: Article

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