Feminism, psychoanalysis, and (male) hysteria over John Bobbitt's missing manhood

Men and Masculinities

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 173-192

  Grindstaff, Laura ^a   McCaughey, Martha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bobbitt; Feminism; Hysteria; Media; Psychoanalysis; Sexuality; The body; The phallus; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250833435     PISSN: 1097184X     EISSN: 15526828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1097184X98001002003     Document Type: Article

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