On a trip to the womb: Biotourist metaphors in fetal ultrasound imaging

Women's Studies in Communication

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 138-153

  Kroløkke, Charlotte H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biotourism; Fetal imaging; Marketing; Reproduction; Rhetoric

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650490058     PISSN: 07491409     EISSN: 2152999X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07491409.2010.507577     Document Type: Article

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