Body and bulimia revisited: Reflections on "a secret life"

Journal of Applied Communication Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 98-112

  Tillmann, Lisa M ^a,b  

^a ROLLINS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Box 2777 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Autoethnography; Bulimia; Eating Disorder; Narrative

Indexed keywords

EID: 60849106288     PISSN: 00909882     EISSN: 14795752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00909880802592615     Document Type: Article

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