The biological subject of aesthetic medicine

Feminist Theory

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 65-82

  Edmonds, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biological agency; female reproduction; plastic surgery; race; social constructionism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876589081     PISSN: 14647001     EISSN: 17412773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1464700112468571     Document Type: Article

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