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Gender, Metaphor, and the Definition of Economics
Author(s)Nelson, Julie A.
AbstractThis selection deals with the importance of gaining an understanding of how a certain way of thinking about gender and a certain way of thinking about economics have become intertwined through metaphor-with detrimental results- and how a richer conception of human identity could broaden and improve the field of economics for both female and male practitioners.
IssueNo1
Pages103-125
ArticleAccess to Article
SourceEconomics and Philosophy
VolumeNo8
PubDateApril 1992
ISBN_ISSN0266-2671
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