Older women's bodies and the self: The construction of identity in later life

Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 440-464

  Clarke, Laura Hurd ^a  

^a NONE

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AGING; ART; ARTICLE; CANADA; HISTORY; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT;

AGING; CANADA; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMAN BODY; HUMANS; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 0035511406     PISSN: 00084948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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