The veiled Muslim, the anorexic and the transsexual: What do they have in common?

European Journal of Women's Studies

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 325-341

  Gressgård, Randi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Body spirit dualism; Gender construction; Hierarchy; Modern ambivalence; Symbolic structures; The monstrous

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749451170     PISSN: 13505068     EISSN: 14617420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350506806068651     Document Type: Review

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