'Suitable mothers': Lesbian and single women and the 'unborn' in Australian parliamentary discourse

Critical Social Policy

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 63-88

  Smith, Jennifer Lynne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Governmentality; Identity; Motherhood; Policy; Reproductive technologies; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

LEGISLATION; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIAL POLICY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0037292652     PISSN: 02610183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0261018303023001494     Document Type: Article

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