Body poly-texts: Discourses of the anorexic body

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 267-280

  Malson, Helen ^a   Ussher, Jane M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; Cartesian dualism; Discourse; Gender; Romantic discourse; Subjectivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030524424     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1298(199610)6:4<267::AID-CASP378>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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