Becoming/being a cosmetic surgery patient: Semantic instability and the intersubjective self

Studies in Gender and Sexuality

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 119-128

  Pitts Taylor, Victoria ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 77950764553     PISSN: 15240657     EISSN: 19409206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15240650902979202     Document Type: Article

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