The invisible woman: The bioaesthetics of engineered bodies

Body and Society

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-30

  Sharp, Lesley A ^a  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

bioengineering; body aesthetics; morality; prosthetics; scientific desire

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952974357     PISSN: 1357034X     EISSN: 14603632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1357034X10394667     Document Type: Article

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