Social bundles: Thinking through the infant body

Childhood

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 196-210

  Brownlie, Julie ^a   Leith, Valerie M Sheach ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

body; boundaries; immunization; infant; nature culture; personhood

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956028933     PISSN: 09075682     EISSN: 14617013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0907568210394879     Document Type: Article

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