Individualized femininity and feminist politics of choice

European Journal of Women's Studies

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 303-318

  Budgeon, Shelley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Feminization of labour; individualization; neoliberal feminism; neoliberalism; postfeminism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938875825     PISSN: 13505068     EISSN: 14617420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350506815576602     Document Type: Article

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