Stories of life stories of living: Women' narratives and feminist biography

NORA - Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 16-30

  Nilsen, Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

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EID: 33645560863     PISSN: 08038740     EISSN: 1502394X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08038740.1996.9959686     Document Type: Article

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