Now i am NObody, see me for who i am: The paradox of performativity

Gender and Education

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-16

  Rich, Emma ^a   Evans, John ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anorexia; Gender; Healthism; Middle class; Performativity

Indexed keywords

EID: 57249084809     PISSN: 09540253     EISSN: 13600516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540250802213131     Document Type: Article

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