Is the healthy body gendered? Toward a feminist critique of the new paradigm of health

Body and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 95-118

  Moore, Sarah E H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Feminization; Gender; New paradigm of health; The body

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954654231     PISSN: 1357034X     EISSN: 14603632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1357034X10364765     Document Type: Article

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