Constructing the 'neighborhood sphere': Gender and community organizing [1]

Gender, Place and Culture

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 333-350

  Martin, Deborah G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; GENDER ROLE; SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION; URBAN SOCIETY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036985216     PISSN: 0966369X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0966369022000024678     Document Type: Article

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