Re/forming the anorexic "prisoner": Inpatient medical treatment as the return to panoptic femininity

Cultural Studies - Critical Methodologies

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 282-307

  Bell, Mebbie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anorexia; Eating disorders; Feminist theory; Foucault; Medical treatment; Medicine; Text(s)

Indexed keywords

EID: 43249155296     PISSN: 15327086     EISSN: 1552356X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1532708605285622     Document Type: Article

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