(In)visibility: Accounts of embodiment of women with physical disabilities and differences

Disability and Society

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 389-403

  Zitzelsberger, Hilde ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Embodiment; Gender; Identity; Invisibility; Qualitative research; Sexuality; Sociology of disability; Visibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444494038     PISSN: 09687599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09687590500086492     Document Type: Review

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