Mothers in the academy: Positioned and positioning within discourses of the 'successful academic' and the 'good mother'

Studies in Higher Education

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 387-403

  Raddon, Arwen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0036791443     PISSN: 03075079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0307507022000011516     Document Type: Article

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