Doing pregnancy: pregnant embodiment as performance

Women's Studies International Forum

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 372-383

  Neiterman, Elena ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEARNING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL IMPACT; SOCIAL STATUS; WOMENS HEALTH; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 84865482900     PISSN: 02775395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2012.07.004     Document Type: Article

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