'I can't do with whinging women!' Feminism and the habitus of 'women in science' activists

Women's Studies International Forum

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 125-135

  Phipps, Alison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMINISM; WOMENS ORGANIZATION; WOMENS STATUS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33745161487     PISSN: 02775395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2006.03.010     Document Type: Article

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