Reclaiming feminist theory, method, and praxis for family studies

Handbook of Feminist Family Studies

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 3-17

  Allen, Katherine R ^a,b   Lloyd, Sally A ^c   Few, April L ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Center for Gerontology and the Women's Studies Program   (United States)

^c MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781412982801.n1     Document Type: Chapter

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