Technologies of ‘the child’: Towards a theory of the child‐subject

Textual Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 285-302

  Wallace, Jo Ann ^a  

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Author keywords

Child; Childhood; Children; Subject

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847517760     PISSN: 0950236X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09502369508582221     Document Type: Article

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