The body inside out: Menstrual management and gynecological practice in Brazil

Social Analysis

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 94-112

  Sanabria, Emilia ^a  

^a ÉCOLE DES HAUTES ÉTUDES EN SCIENCES SOCIALES   (France)

Author keywords

Abjection; Bodily boundaries; Brazil; Dys appearance; Gynecological examination; Menstruation; Plastic surgery

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956267320     PISSN: 0155977X     EISSN: 15585727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3167/sa.2011.550105     Document Type: Article

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