This body which is not mine: The notion of the habit body, prostitution and (dis)embodiment

Feminist Theory

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 61-75

  Coy, Maddy ^a  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Embodiment; Habit body; Prostitution

Indexed keywords

EID: 62349114293     PISSN: 14647001     EISSN: 17412773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1464700108100392     Document Type: Article

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