Silent witness: Detection, femininity, and the post-mortem body

Feminist Media Studies

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 193-206

  Nunn, Heather ^a   Biressi, Anita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33646732047     PISSN: 14680777     EISSN: 14715902     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1468077032000119317     Document Type: Article

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