“Only if she is sexy”:An autoethnography of female researchermale participants relations

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 402-417

  Sang, Katherine J c ^a   YassourBorochowitz, Dalit ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b Emek Yezreel College   (Israel)

Author keywords

Autoethnography; Batterers; Domestic violence; Feminism; Feminist research; Power relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865461558     PISSN: 20407149     EISSN: 17587093     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02610151211235433     Document Type: Article

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