Negotiating power and narrative in research: Implications for feminist methodology

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Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 2067-2090

  Presser, Lois ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

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EID: 33845985095     PISSN: 00979740     EISSN: 15456943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/428424     Document Type: Review

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