Desiring dialectical discourse: A feminist ponders the transition to motherhood

Women's Studies in Communication

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 57-83

  Foster, Elissa ^a  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 75749091953     PISSN: 07491409     EISSN: 2152999X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07491409.2005.10162484     Document Type: Article

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