The anorexic body: Reading disorders

Cultural Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 413-429

  Bray, Abigail ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Anorexia; Body; Media; Metabolism; Reading; Representation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001356883     PISSN: 09502386     EISSN: 14664348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09502389600490251     Document Type: Article

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