Doing good, being good, and the social construction of compassion

Journal of Contemporary Ethnography

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 85-116

  Blackstone, Amy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Activism; Civic engagement; Ethnography; Gender

Indexed keywords

EID: 57849135509     PISSN: 08912416     EISSN: 15525414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891241607310864     Document Type: Article

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