Sons and M(others): Framing the Maternal Body and the Politics of Repoduction in a South Indian Context

Women's Studies in Communication

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 25-44

  Hegde, Radha S ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 24644502979     PISSN: 07491409     EISSN: 2152999X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07491409.1999.10162560     Document Type: Article

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