Negotiating oppositions and uncertainties: Gendered conflicts in creative identity work

Feminism and Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 354-371

  Taylor, Stephanie ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

creative identities; discursive; identity project; narrative; post feminist; subjectification; work

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961188501     PISSN: 09593535     EISSN: 14617161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959353510386095     Document Type: Article

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