Small acts, kind words and "not too much fuss": Implicit activisms

Emotion, Space and Society

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 14-23

  Horton, John ^a   Kraftl, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activism; Affect; Care; Emotion; Everyday; Family; Sure Start

Indexed keywords

EID: 68249097287     PISSN: 17554586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emospa.2009.05.003     Document Type: Article

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