Mothers in the making? Exploring liminality in cyber/space

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 83-97

  Madge, Clare ^a   O'Connort, Henrietta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporeality; Cyber space; Internet; Liminality; Women

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; INTERNET; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 17444389641     PISSN: 00202754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-5661.2005.00153.x     Document Type: Article

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