Precious, pure, uncivilised, vulnerable: Infant embodiment in australian popular media

Children and Society

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 341-351

  Lupton, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Discourse; Infants; Parenting; Popular culture; Sociology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904539596     PISSN: 09510605     EISSN: 10990860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/chso.12004     Document Type: Article

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