Studying equality/inequality: Naturalist and constructionist approaches to equality in marriage

Journal of Contemporary Ethnography

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 200-232

  Harris, Scott R ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Constructionism; Equality; Marriage; Qualitative methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037248384     PISSN: 08912416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891241602250886     Document Type: Article

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