I. pro-anorexia and 'binge-drinking': Conformity to damaging ideals or 'new', resistant femininities?

Feminism and Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 242-248

  Day, Katy ^a  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77952814633     PISSN: 09593535     EISSN: 14617161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959353509351856     Document Type: Article

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