‘Delicate’ Cutters: Gendered Self-mutilation and Attractive Flesh in Medical Discourse

Body & Society

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 87-111

  Brickman, Barbara Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

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EID: 31844453987     PISSN: 1357034X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1357034X04047857     Document Type: Article

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