The lengthening list of oppressions: Age relations and the feminist study of inequality

Age Matters: Re-Aligning Feminist Thinking

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 47-74

  King, Neal ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203943434     Document Type: Chapter

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