Thesis writing as a feminist project: Negotiating space for women's embodied selves in new scholarship

Australian Feminist Studies

Volumn 23, Issue 56, 2008, Pages 249-261

  Gill, Judith ^a   Mariko Matthews, Julie ^b   Zannettino, Lana ^a   Carroll, Trish ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^c NONE

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EID: 45949085138     PISSN: 08164649     EISSN: 14653303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08164640802068443     Document Type: Review

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