Gender as a postmodern category of paralysis

Women's History Review

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 149-168

  Hoff, Joan ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84937317984     PISSN: 09612025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09612029400200054     Document Type: Article

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