Feminisms in practice: Challenges and opportunities for an eating issues community agency

Critical Feminist Approaches to Eating Dis/Orders

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 221-232

  Burns, Maree ^a   Tyrer, Jane ^a  

^a Eating Difficulties Education Network   (New Zealand)

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EID: 78650636998     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203876442     Document Type: Chapter

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