Unravelling Woomera: Lip sewing, morphology and dystopia

Journal of Organizational Change Management

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 292-301

  Cox, Julie Wolfram ^a   Minahan, Stella ^b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Feminism; Immigrants; Social groups

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042594275     PISSN: 09534814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09534810410538342     Document Type: Review

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