Donning the mask of motherhood: A defensive strategy, a developmental search

Studies in Gender and Sexuality

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 173-198

  Steinberg, Zina ^a  

^a Ctr for Psychoanalytic Train/Res ^*  (United States)

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EID: 17644365381     PISSN: 15240657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15240650609349273     Document Type: Article

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