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Meaning-Making in Context: Thinking About and Researching Gendered Lives

Gender and Culture in Psychology: Theories and Practices. By Eva Magnusson and Jeanne Marecek. Cambridge; New York, Cambridge University Press, 2012. 225 pp. $34.99 (paperback) ISBN: 978-1-107-64951-4.

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Becker, D. Meaning-Making in Context: Thinking About and Researching Gendered Lives. Sex Roles 69, 109–111 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-013-0271-6

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