Toward a Dialectical Model of Family Gender Discourse: Body, Identity, and Sexuality

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 785-794

  Blume, Libby Balter ^a   Blume, Thomas W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY   (United States)

^b OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dialectics; Feminist theories; Gender discourse; Narrative; Postmodern families

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344064998     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2003.00785.x     Document Type: Review

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