Metaphors of inscription: Discipline, plasticity and the rhetoric of choice

Feminist Review

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 22-43

  Brush, Pippa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body modification; Cosmetic surgery; Female body; Feminist theory; Inscription; Materialist theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032363846     PISSN: 01417789     EISSN: 14664380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014177898339578     Document Type: Article

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