Culture and embodied cognition: Moral discourses in internet support groups for overeaters

Social Forces

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 643-670

  Ignatow, Gabriel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

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EID: 77149142288     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sof.0.0262     Document Type: Article

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