Refusing disembodiment: Abortion and the paradox of reproductive rights in contemporary Italy

Feminist Theory

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 227-244

  Hanafin, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abortion; Italy; Reproductive politics; Rights; Sexual difference

Indexed keywords

EID: 69249089706     PISSN: 14647001     EISSN: 17412773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1464700109104926     Document Type: Article

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