The moral rhetoric of childhood

Childhood

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 85-104

  Meyer, Anneke ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child; Innocence; Morality; Sexual abuse; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847027976     PISSN: 09075682     EISSN: 14617013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0907568207072532     Document Type: Article

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