Choosing silence: Rethinking voice, agency and women’s empowerment

Secrecy and Silence in the Research Process: Feminist Reflections

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 15-29

  Parpart, Jane L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

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EID: 80051472587     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203927045     Document Type: Chapter

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