Talking up equality: Women barristers and the denial of discrimination

Feminist Legal Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 113-130

  Hunter, Rosemary ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Barristers; Denial; Gender; Performativity; Practices of the self; Sex discrimination; Women lawyers

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247462114     PISSN: 09663622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016029209015     Document Type: Article

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