Emotionality and social activism: A case study of a community development effort to establish a shelter for women in Ontario

Journal of Contemporary Ethnography

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 251-284

  Mann, Ruth M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

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EID: 0036087329     PISSN: 08912416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891241602031003001     Document Type: Article

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