Oedipus wrecked? The moral boundaries of incest

Gender and Society

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 92-110

  Fischer, Nancy L ^a  

^a MACALESTER COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Child sexual abuse; Feminism; Incest; Kinship; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037260068     PISSN: 08912432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891243202238980     Document Type: Review

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