Survivors of woman abuse: Compassionate fires inspire collective action for social change

Journal of Progressive Human Services

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 77-102

  Profitt, Norma Jean ^a  

^a ST THOMAS UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conscientization; Feminist social work; Processes; Resistance to knowledge; Subjectivity; Survivors; Woman abuse

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937328196     PISSN: 10428232     EISSN: 15407616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J059v11n02_05     Document Type: Article

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