The 'f' word has everything to do with it: How feminist theories inform action research

Action Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 13-29

  Frisby, Wendy ^a   Maguire, Patricia ^b   Reid, Colleen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b WESTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community based health research; Feminist participatory action research; Feminist theories; Gender inequality; Intersectionality; Teacher action research

Indexed keywords

EID: 65249158528     PISSN: 14767503     EISSN: 17412617     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1476750308099595     Document Type: Article

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