Places and spaces of dislocation: Lady Oracle's Toronto

Canadian Geographer

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 235-248

  Gilbert, Emily ^a   Simpson Housley, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cultural geography; Identity; Literature; Margaret Atwood; Toronto; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 10844293599     PISSN: 00083658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0064.1997.tb01311.x     Document Type: Article

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