Autobiography by numbers; Or, embodying maternal grief

Life Writing

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 191-202

  Boon, Sonja ^a  

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Author keywords

Autoethnography; Feminist theory; Grief; Maternal body

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862058449     PISSN: 14484528     EISSN: 17512964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14484528.2012.667362     Document Type: Article

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