Careful what you ask for: Reconsidering feminist epistemology and autobiographical narrative in research on sexual identity development

Signs

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 471-491

  Diamond, Lisa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

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EID: 33749376755     PISSN: 00979740     EISSN: 15456943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/491684     Document Type: Article

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