The problem of women's sociality in contemporary North American feminist memoir

Gender and Society

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 705-727

  Taylor, Judith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Emotions; Feminist; Memoir; Narrative; Social movements

Indexed keywords

EID: 54949101090     PISSN: 08912432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891243208324598     Document Type: Review

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