"Don't be so feminist": Exploring student resistance to feminist approaches in a Canadian university

Women's Studies International Forum

Volumn 28, Issue 2-3 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 181-194

  Webber, Michelle ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMINISM; HIGHER EDUCATION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 21844472500     PISSN: 02775395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2005.04.006     Document Type: Article

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