Gendering the interview: Feminist reflections on gender as performance in research

Women's Studies in Communication

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 165-192

  Golombisky, Kim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Feminism; Gender; Oral history; Research methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011662064     PISSN: 07491409     EISSN: 2152999X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07491409.2006.10162497     Document Type: Article

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