Refracted selves? A study of changes in self-identity in the transition to motherhood

Sociology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 335-352

  Bailey, Lucy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discourse; Gender; Motherhood; Self identity; The body; The fractured self

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033130595     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/s0038038599000206     Document Type: Article

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