Political Not Generational: Getting Real About Contemporary UK Radical Feminism

Social Movement Studies

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 427-442

  Mackay, Finn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Feminism; lesbian; radical feminism; third wave; young women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948719009     PISSN: 14742837     EISSN: 14742829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14742837.2014.963545     Document Type: Article

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