Subjects of risk: Technologies of gender in the making of millennial modernity

Public Culture

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 131-155

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EID: 84864747264     PISSN: 08992363     EISSN: 15278018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/08992363-1498001     Document Type: Article

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