Injecting, infection, illness: Abjection and hepatitis C stigma

Body and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 33-51

  Harris, Magdalena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abject; Douglas; Drugs; Embodiment; Kristeva; Liminality; Reflexivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77049083416     PISSN: 1357034X     EISSN: 14603632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1357034X09347221     Document Type: Article

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