Which bodies matter? Feminism, poststructuralism, race, and the curious theoretical odyssey of the "Hottentot Venus"

Gender and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 816-834

  Magubane, Zine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1177/089124301015006003     Document Type: Article

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