"Fractions of men": Engendering amputation in Victorian culture

Comparative Studies in Society and History

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 742-777

  O'Connor, Erin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/S0010417500020892     Document Type: Article

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