Opening my voice, claiming my space: Theorizing the possibilities of postcolonial approaches to autoethnography

Journal of Research Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Pathak, Archana A ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoethnography; Communication studies; Feminist methods; Postcolonial studies; Women of color

Indexed keywords

EID: 78449303249     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1712851X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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