Neo-Confucian Body Techniques: Women's Bodies in Korea's Consumer Society

Body & Society

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 97-113

  Kim, Taeyon ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 27844560172     PISSN: 1357034X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1357034X030092005     Document Type: Article

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