Toward a continuum of intersectionality theorizing for feminist social work scholarship

Affilia - Journal of Women and Social Work

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 417-430

  Mehrotra, Gita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

feminist; intersectionality; queer; social work

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958110455     PISSN: 08861099     EISSN: 15523020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886109910384190     Document Type: Article

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