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PrismSociologySocial scienceEpistemologyPhilosophyOpticsPhysics

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Year
1981
Type
article
Volume
10
Issue
5
Pages
692-692
Citations
169
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Christine E. Bose, Julia Sherman, Evelyn Torton Beck (1981). The Prism of Sex: Essays in the Sociology of Knowledge.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews , 10 (5) , 692-692. https://doi.org/10.2307/2066563

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10.2307/2066563