Social embodiments: Prenatal risk in postsocialist Germany

Anthropologica

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 83-94

  Erikson, Susan L ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Germany; Postsocialist; Prenatal risk; Social embodiment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861851076     PISSN: 00035459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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