On being a nice country girl and an academic feminist: Using reflexivity in rural social research

Journal of Rural Studies

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 169-179

  Pini, Barbara ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGROINDUSTRY; FEMINISM; RURAL SOCIETY; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0042357701     PISSN: 07430167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2003.08.003     Document Type: Article

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