Mutilation and beautification: Legal responses to genital surgeries

Australian Feminist Studies

Volumn 24, Issue 60, 2009, Pages 211-231

  Kennedy, Aileen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 69249219164     PISSN: 08164649     EISSN: 14653303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08164640902852423     Document Type: Article

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