Stitch'nBitch: Cyberfeminism, a third place and the new materiality

Journal of Material Culture

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 5-21

  Minahan, Stella ^a   Cox, Julie Wolfram ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Craft; Gender; Information society; Leisure; Nostalgia

Indexed keywords

FEMINISM; INTERNET; SOCIAL CHANGE; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 33947603635     PISSN: 13591835     EISSN: 14603586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359183507074559     Document Type: Article

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