The personal is still political: Embodied politics in third wave feminism

Women's Studies in Communication

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 235-257

  Fixmer, Natalie ^a   Wood, Julia T ^b  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 85007855167     PISSN: 07491409     EISSN: 2152999X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07491409.2005.10162493     Document Type: Article

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