Embodied Subjectivity: Gender, Femininity, Masculinity, Sexuality

A Companion to Social Archaeology

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 82-95

  Joyce, Rosemary A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Femininity; Masculinity; Sexuality; Social thought; Subjectivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889480693     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470693605.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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