Quoting and Counting: An Autobiographical Response to Oakley

Sociology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 175-189

  Letherby, Gayle ^a  

^a Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Doing and knowing; Epistemology; Feminist research; Methodology; Process and product

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542320945     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038038504039374     Document Type: Review

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