Subtle transformations: Imagining the body in alternative health practices

International Journal of Cultural Studies

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-44

  Johnston, Jay ^a   Barcan, Ruth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alternative therapies; Body; Cultural studies; Deleuze Guattari; Health; Intersubjectivity; Luce Irigaray; New Age; Spirituality; Subtle bodies

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646743631     PISSN: 13678779     EISSN: 1460356X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367877906061163     Document Type: Article

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