Daisies on the road: Tracing the political potential of our postmodernist, feminist approach to life story research

Qualitative Inquiry

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 85-112

  Roets, Griet ^a   Goedgeluck, Marijke ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Our New Future ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Critical disability studies; Life stories; Postmodernist feminism; Self advocacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845453715     PISSN: 10778004     EISSN: 15527565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077800406295624     Document Type: Article

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