Technologies of the self and the aesthetic project of alternative health

Sociological Quarterly

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 435-451

  Schneirov, Matthew ^a   Geczik, Jonathan David ^b  

^a DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032373271     PISSN: 00380253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-8525.1998.tb00512.x     Document Type: Article

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