'Gaining the right amount for my baby': Young pregnant women's discursive constructions of health

Health Sociology Review

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 69-81

  Harper, Emma Amanda ^a   Rail, Geneviève ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b Simone DeBeauvoir Institute   (Canada)

Author keywords

Discourse; Health; Obesity; Poststructuralism; Pregnancy; Sociology; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863186230     PISSN: 14461242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/hesr.2012.21.1.69     Document Type: Review

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