Feminism, Psychology and Matters of the Body

Theory & Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 667-692

  Bayer, Betty M ^a   Malone, Kareen Ror ^b  

^a William Smith Colleges   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

body; feminism; gender; Lacan; social constructionism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030515881     PISSN: 09593543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959354396064007     Document Type: Article

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