Constructing a Feminist Identity: Discourse and the Community of Practice

Feminism and Psychology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 459-491

  Stapleton, Karyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communities of practice; Conversational context; Discourse analysis; Feminist research; Identity; Interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347867132     PISSN: 09593535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959353501011004003     Document Type: Article

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