'It is a colour thing and a status thing, rather than a gender thing': Negotiating difference in talk about feminism

Feminism and Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 458-476

  Scharff, Christina ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

class; feminist dis identification; gender; performativity; race; sexuality; young women

Indexed keywords

EID: 81755187381     PISSN: 09593535     EISSN: 14617161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959353511419816     Document Type: Article

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