Culture and the politics of signification: The case of child sexual abuse

Social Problems

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 57-76

  Beckett, Katherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 0040898685     PISSN: 00377791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3096894     Document Type: Article

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