Gender, disembodiment and vocation: Exploring the unmentionables of british academic life

Critique of Anthropology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 331-353

  Mills, David ^a   Berg, Mette Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

academic vocation; anthropology; embodiment; gender

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650456060     PISSN: 0308275X     EISSN: 14603721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0308275X10372470     Document Type: Article

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