Transcending polarization? Strategic identity construction in young women's transnational feminist networks.
This article explores the phenomenon of young women organizing in and building "youth-only" transnational feminist networks. Qualitative data gathered during a 2010-2011 study of activist women under 30 years old in the MENA region, Central and Eastern Europe, and North America suggests the choice t...
| Publicado en: | Women's Studies International Forum Vol. 40; pp. 152 - 162 |
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Elsevier B.V.
Sep-Oct2013
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