Anorexia/bulimia as resistance and conformity in pro-Ana and pro-Mia virtual conversations

Critical Feminist Approaches to Eating Dis/Orders

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 87-96

  Day, Katy ^a   Keys, Tammy ^b  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 77952833983     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203876442     Document Type: Chapter

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