Narratives of self and relatedness in eco-communes: Resistance against normalized individualization and the nuclear family

European Societies

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 347-367

  Eräranta, Kirsi ^a   Moisander, Johanna ^b   Pesonen, Sinikka ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Communal living; Environmentalism; Family; Gender; Resistance; Subjectivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 75149166459     PISSN: 14616696     EISSN: 14698307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616690902764757     Document Type: Article

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