Feminism versus femininity? Exploring feminist dilemmas through cooperative inquiry research

Feminism and Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 207-223

  Riley, Sarah C E ^a   Scharff, Christina ^b  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cooperative inquiry; femininity; feminism; ideological dilemmas; neoliberalism; postfeminism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876719255     PISSN: 09593535     EISSN: 14617161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959353512454615     Document Type: Article

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