Prosuming Identity: The Production and Consumption of Transableism on Transabled.org

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 596-617

  Davis, Jenny ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

body integrity identity disorder; prosumption; transabled; wannabe; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858713540     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764211429361     Document Type: Article

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