Some methodological and epistemological issues raised by doing feminist research on non-feminist women

Sociological Research Online

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1997, Pages

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Author keywords

Epistemology; Feminist methodology; Feminist research; Politics of research; Postmodernist epistemologies; Standpoint theory

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EID: 33646006430     PISSN: 13607804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5153/sro.1351     Document Type: Article

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