'Subjects' of regulation/resistance? postmodern feminism and agency in abortion-decision-making

Feminist Legal Studies

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 241-273

  Fegan, Eileen V ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agency; Epistemology; Feminism; Ideology; Legal discourse; Personal narratives; Postmodernism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038413540     PISSN: 09663622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009258022095     Document Type: Article

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