Developing a critical realist positional approach to intersectionality

Journal of Critical Realism

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 447-466

  Martinez Dy, Angela ^a   Martin, Lee ^a   Marlow, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical realism; Critique; Feminism; Intersectionality; Methodology; Ontology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928659127     PISSN: 14767430     EISSN: 15725138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1476743014Z.00000000043     Document Type: Article

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