Decentering agency in feminist theory: Recuperating the family as a social project

Women's Studies International Forum

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 153-165

  Borovoy, Amy ^a   Ghodsee, Kristen ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMOCRACY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMINISM; HUMAN RIGHTS; SOCIAL THEORY;

BULGARIA; JAPAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862586461     PISSN: 02775395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2012.03.003     Document Type: Article

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