Feminine sexual subjectivities: Bodies, agency and life history

Sexualities

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 321-340

  Bryant, Joanne ^a   Schofield, Toni ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Embodiment; Femininity; Life history; Sexual practice; Subjectivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250624460     PISSN: 13634607     EISSN: 14617382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363460707078321     Document Type: Article

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