Intensive Performances of Mothering: A Sociological Perspective

Qualitative Research

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 45-75

  Bell, Susan E ^a  

^a BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

DES; diethylstilbestrol; intensive mothering; Mary Kelly; narrative; narrative analysis; performance; visual narratives

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645636506     PISSN: 14687941     EISSN: 17413109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468794104041107     Document Type: Article

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